Destructive effects of "forget" instructions

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-559

  Sahakyan, Lili ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Box 112250 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 4544265925     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196610     Document Type: Article

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