The role of covert retrieval in working memory span tasks: Evidence from delayed recall tests

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 480-494

  McCabe, David P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Forgetting; Long term memory; Simple and complex span tasks; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649106482     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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