The effect of feature frequency on short-term recognition memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-296

  Johns, E E ^a   Mewhort, D J K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0037366777     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194387     Document Type: Article

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