Using prior knowledge to minimize interference when learning large amounts of information

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-137

  Kole, James A ^a   Healy, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 34247598750     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195949     Document Type: Article

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