Differentiating the differentiation models: A comparison of the retrieving effectively from memory model (REM) and the subjective likelihood model (SLiM)

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-460

  Criss, Amy H ^a   McClelland, James L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative recognition; Differentiation; Episodic memory; Likelihood models; Memory models; Model comparison; Recognition memory; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750047564     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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