How does running memory span work?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1691-1700

  Bunting, Michael ^a,b   Cowan, Nelson ^a   Saults, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERIAL LEARNING; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748478552     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600848402     Document Type: Article

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