The relationship between articulation time and memory performance in verbal and visuospatial tasks

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-191

  Smyth, Mary M ^a   Scholey, Keith A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 24044443060     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1996.tb02584.x     Document Type: Article

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