Why is the Alphabetically Middle Letter in a Multiletter Array so Hard to Determine? Memory Processes in Linear-Order Information Processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1743-1763

  Jou, Jerwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031301759     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.6.1743     Document Type: Article

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