Divided attention and memory: Evidence of substantial interference effects at retrieval and encoding

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-176

  Fernandes, Myra A ^a   Moscovitch, Morris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034200761     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.129.2.155     Document Type: Article

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