Context memory and the selection of frequency estimation strategies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 898-914

  Brown, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0031181473     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.4.898     Document Type: Article

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