Teaching Adults New Words: The Role of Practice and Consolidation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 970-976

  Clay, Felix ^a   Bowers, Jeffrey S ^a   Davis, Colin J ^a   Hanley, Derek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consolidation; picture word interference; reading; Stroop; word learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 34548834156     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.5.970     Document Type: Article

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