An observation on the role of context variability in free recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1160-1164

  Hicks, Jason L ^a   Marsh, Richard L ^b,d   Cook, Gabriel I ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Context variability; Free recall; Memory; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; OBSERVATION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; OBSERVATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 27944441060     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1160     Document Type: Review

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