Effect of delay on recognition decisions: Evidence for a criterion shift

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-137

  Singer, Murray ^a   Wixted, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33745959654     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193392     Document Type: Article

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