Can encoding differences explain the benefits of directed forgetting in the list method paradigm?

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-206

  Sahakyan, Lili ^a   Delaney, Peter F ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0037265115     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00524-7     Document Type: Article

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