Is the word length effect in STM entirely attributable to output delay? Evidence from serial recognition

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 353-369

  Baddeley, Alan ^a   Chincotta, Dino ^a   Stafford, Lorenzo ^a   Turk, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0039485986     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980143000523     Document Type: Article

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