The misremembrance of wines past: Verbal and perceptual expertise differentially mediate verbal overshadowing of taste memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-245

  Melcher, Joseph M ^b   Schooler, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 16144366324     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

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