Distinguishing characteristics of orally transmitted material when compared to material transmitted by literary means

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1251-1269

  McIver, Robert K ^a   Carroll, Marie ^b  

^a AVONDALE COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMOR; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 11844296756     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1040     Document Type: Article

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