Tests of a cognitive-resource-allocation account of the bizarreness effect

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-144

  Worthen, James B ^a   Garcia Rivas, Gabriella ^a   Green, Charles R ^a   Vidos, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034167468     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300009598573     Document Type: Article

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