The effects of verbal and spatial interference in the encoding and retrieval of spatial and nonspatial texts

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-494

  Pazzaglia, Francesca ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a   Meneghetti, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RECALL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34250868592     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0045-7     Document Type: Article

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