Effects of orthographic and phonological word length on memory for lists shown at RSVP and STM rates

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 815-826

  Coltheart, Veronika ^a,b   Mondy, Stephen ^a,b   Dux, Paul E ^a,b   Stephenson, Lisa ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 3042586754     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.4.815     Document Type: Article

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