Comparison of the efficacy of two name-learning techniques: Expanding rehearsal and name-face imagery

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-101

  Neuschatz, Jeffrey S ^a   Preston, Elizabeth L ^a   Toglia, Michael P ^b   Neuschatz, Joseph S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NAMES; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 19944384277     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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