A Recency-Based Account of the Primacy Effect in Free Recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1589-1625

  Tan, Lydia ^a   Ward, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034331799     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1589     Document Type: Article

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