Bartlett's schema theory and modern accounts of learning and remembering

Journal of Mind and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 5-35

  Iran Nejad, Asghar ^a   Winsler, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033941428     PISSN: 02710137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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