The Role of Item-Specific Information for the Serial Position Curve in Free Recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 954-964

  Seiler, Kerstin H ^a   Engelkamp, Johannes ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RECALL; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0142136692     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.5.954     Document Type: Review

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