Direct and indirect stimulus-frequency effects in recognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 539-559

  Maddox, W Todd ^a,b   Estes, W K ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031137358     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.3.539     Document Type: Article

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