The Importance of the Keyword-Generation Method in Keyword Mnemonics

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-131

  Campos, Alfrede ^a   Amor, Angeles ^b   González, María Angeles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imagery; Keyword method; Mnemonic; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 1842659912     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.51.2.125     Document Type: Article

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