Short-Term Memory for Serial Order: The Start-End Model

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-137

  Henson, Richard N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032113194     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1998.0685     Document Type: Article

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