The phonological loop and the irrelevant speech effect: Some comments on Neath (2000)

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 544-549

  Baddeley, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

List Length; Phonological Code; Poor Reader; Serial Recall; Word Length

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NOTE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; SPEECH; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034277869     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03214369     Document Type: Note

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