Memory Organization of Action Events and Its Relationship to Memory Performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 435-454

  Koriat, Asher ^a   Pearlman Avnion, Shiri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0042879789     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.132.3.435     Document Type: Article

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