Processes of Memory Loss, Recovery, and Distortion

Psychological Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-169

  Estes, W K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030637085     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.104.1.148     Document Type: Article

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