Developmental invariance in distinctiveness effects in memory

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1193-1205

  Howe, Mark L ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distinctiveness effects in memory; Long term retention; Mathematical modeling; Memory development; Paired associate learning

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33750694988     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1193     Document Type: Article

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