Word Frequency and Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves in Recognition Memory: Evidence for a Dual-Process Interpretation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 830-842

  Arndt, Jason ^a,b   Reder, Lynne M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; ROC CURVE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036729087     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.5.830     Document Type: Article

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