The word-frequency paradox for recall/recognition occurs for pictures

Psychological Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Karlsen, Paul Johan ^a   Snodgrass, Joan Gay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 16544393888     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-003-0138-5     Document Type: Article

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