Reversing the picture superiority effect: A speed-accuracy trade-off study of recognition memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-123

  Boldini, Angela ^a   Russo, Riccardo ^a   Punia, Sahiba ^a   Avons, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS;

EID: 34247644283     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195948     Document Type: Article

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