Generation and Hypermnesia

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 436-450

  Mulligan, Neil W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035291509     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.2.436     Document Type: Article

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