Picture or word superiority effects in implicit memory: Levels of processing, attention and retrieval constraints

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-46

  Wippich, Werner ^a   Melzer, André ^a   Mecklenbräuker, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Implicit memory; Levels of processing; Picture of word superiority

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032382075     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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