Slave to the rhythm: Experimental tests of a model for verbal short-term memory and long-term sequence learning

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-111

  Hitch, Graham J ^a   Flude, Brenda ^b   Burgess, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational modelling; Hebb Effect; Learning; Long term memory; Phonological loop; Serial order; Short term memory; Vocabulary acquisition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349113989     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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