When does generation enhance memory for location?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1216-1220

  Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context memory; Generation effect; Item memory; Location memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL; RECOGNITION; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

CUES; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 33748413481     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1216     Document Type: Article

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