Memory for narrative and expository text: Independent influences of semantic associations and text organization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 359-364

  Wolfe, Michael B W ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ASSOCIATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 15544385023     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.2.359     Document Type: Article

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