Are first impressions lasting impressions? An exploration of the generality of the primacy effect in memory for repetitions

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1305-1315

  Miller, Jeremy K ^a   Westerman, Deanne L ^a   Lloyd, Marianne E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 17144380867     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206321     Document Type: Article

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