Memory decreases for prose, but not for poetry

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 628-639

  Tillmann, Barbara ^a   Dowling, W Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MUSIC; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 34547881062     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193301     Document Type: Article

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