Allocation of time in self-paced memory tasks: The role of practice, instructions, and individual differences in optimizing performance

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-429

  Pelegrina, Santiago ^a   Bajo, M Teresa ^b   Justicia, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Camp Univ C   (Spain)

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EID: 0347504509     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(99)80011-9     Document Type: Article

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