Forgetting to remember: The functional relationship of decay and interference

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-33

  Altmann, Erik M ^a   Gray, Wayne D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036370534     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00405     Document Type: Article

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