A revised model of short-term memory and long-term learning of verbal sequences

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-652

  Burgess, Neil ^a   Hitch, Graham J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational modelling; Hebb effect; Long term memory; Phonological loop; Serial order; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750079279     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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