Linguistic familiarity in short-term memory: A role for (co-)articulatory fluency?

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-65

  Woodward, Amelia J ^a   Macken, William J ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulatory processes; Redintegration; Serial recall; Speech planning and short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549080845     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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