In Search of Decay in Verbal Short-Term Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-333

  Berman, Marc G ^a   Jonides, John ^a   Lewis, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

decay; interference; recognition; short term memory; verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROACTIVE INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349128313     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014873     Document Type: Article

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