Strategies of text retrieval: A criterion shift account

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-57

  Singer, Murray ^a   Gagnon, Nathalie ^a   Richards, Eric ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036514309     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087384     Document Type: Article

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