Memory span for arabic numerals and digit words: Evidence for a limited-capacity, visuo-spatial storage system

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 325-351

  Chincotta, Dino ^a   Underwood, Geoffrey ^b   Ghani, Kartini Abd ^b   Papadopoulou, Eliana ^b   Wresinski, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033266684     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755822     Document Type: Article

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