On the Form of the Retention Function: Comment on Rubin and Wenzel (1996): A Quantitative Description of Retention

Psychological Review

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-386

  Wickens, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0346401919     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.105.2.379     Document Type: Article

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