Retrieval opportunities while multitasking improve name recall

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 896-909

  Helder, Elizabeth ^a   Shaughnessy, John J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Name learning; Retrieval practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NAMES; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349115763     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802360611     Document Type: Article

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