A dual-process account of the list-length and strength-based mirror effects in recognition

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-248

  Cary, Melanie ^a,b   Reder, Lynne M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding strength; List length; Memory; Mirror effects; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043158897     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-596X(03)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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