Contexts and control operations used in accessing list-specific, generalized, and semantic memories

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-337

  Humphreys, Michael S ^a   Murray, Krista L ^a   Maguire, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control processes; Episodic memory; Memory access; Semantic memory; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149120531     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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