Empirical and theoretical limits on lag recency in free recall

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1236-1250

  Farrell, Simon ^a,b   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; PROBABILITY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 59049100214     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.6.1236     Document Type: Article

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