Stress Grouping Improves Performance on an Immediate Serial List Recall Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1638-1654

  Reeves, Carolyn ^a   Schmauder, A René ^a   Morris, Robin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; RECALL; TIME;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034331843     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1638     Document Type: Article

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