Positional Distinctiveness and the Ratio Rule in Free Recall

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-166

  Nairne, James S ^a   Neath, Ian ^b   Serra, Matt ^b   Byun, Eunhee ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031210785     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1997.2513     Document Type: Article

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