Length, lexicality, and articulatory suppression in immediate recall: Evidence against the articulatory loop

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-415

  Romani, Cristina ^a   McAlpine, Sheila ^b   Olson, Andrew ^b   Tsouknida, Effie ^a   Martin, Randi ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulatory suppression; Lexicality; Nonwords; Open sets; Short term memory; Word length effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044348219     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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