Distinctiveness models of memory and absolute identification: Evidence for local,not global, effects

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-135

  Neath, Ian ^a,d   Brown, Gordon D A ^b   McCormack, Teresa ^c   Chater, Nick ^b   Freeman, Roderick ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 33645087968     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500162086     Document Type: Article

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