Working Memory and Changing-State Hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1272-1299

  Meiser, Thorsten ^a,b   Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033465539     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.5.1272     Document Type: Article

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