Effects of lexical competition on immediate memory span for spoken words

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 929-954

  Goh, Winston D ^a   Pisoni, David B ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345060453     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000710     Document Type: Article

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