The perceptual determinants of repetition learning in auditory space

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 978-997

  Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a,b   Maybery, Murray T ^b   Huitson, Matthew ^b   Jones, Dylan M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hebb effect; Repetition learning; Serial memory; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149103317     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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