Using Overt Rehearsals to Explain Word Frequency Effects in Free Recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-210

  Ward, Geoff ^a   Woodward, Graham ^a   Stevens, Anna ^a   Stinson, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0141463921     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.2.186     Document Type: Article

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