Cue competition as a retrieval deficit

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-31

  Denniston, James C ^a   Savastano, Hernan I ^d   Blaisdell, Aaron P ^b   Miller, Ralph R ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0037331784     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-9690(02)00505-2     Document Type: Article

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