Immediate serial recall of words and nonwords: Tests of the retrieval-based hypothesis

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 332-340

  Saint Aubin, Jean ^a,c   Poirier, Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHONETICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; SERIAL LEARNING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034202768     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212990     Document Type: Article

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