The Effects of Word Co-Occurrence on Short-Term Memory: Associative Links in Long-Term Memory Affect Short-Term Memory Performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 796-802

  Stuart, George ^a,b   Hulme, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034185174     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.3.796     Document Type: Article

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