Serial position effects in short-term visual memory: A SIMPLE explanation?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 176-190

  Hay, Dennis C ^a,c   Smyth, Mary M ^a   Hitch, Graham J ^b   Horton, Neil J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 34247633982     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195953     Document Type: Article

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