Total retrieval time and hypermnesia: Investigating the benefits of multiple recall tests

Psychological Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 272-284

  Mulligan, Neil W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; RECALL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15544369514     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-004-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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