Familiarity Breeds Differentiation: A Subjective-Likelihood Approach to the Effects of Experience in Recognition Memory

Psychological Review

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 724-760

  McClelland, James L ^a,c   Chappell, Mark ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0032193949     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.105.4.734-760     Document Type: Article

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