Theoretical Implications of Articulatory Duration, Phonological Similarity, and Phonological Complexity in Verbal Working Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1353-1380

  Mueller, Shane T ^a   Seymour, Travis L ^a,b   Kieras, David E ^a   Meyer, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHONATION; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0345149839     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.6.1353     Document Type: Article

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