The phonological-similarity effect differentiates between two working memory tasks

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 465-468

  MacAndrew, Danean K ^a,b   Klatzky, Roberta L ^a,b   Fiez, Julie A ^a,c   McClelland, James L ^a,b   Becker, James T ^a,c,d  

^a CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Neuropsychological Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0036716284     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00482     Document Type: Article

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