Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: Similar patterns of rehearsal and similar effects of word length, presentation rate, and articulatory suppression

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-713

  Bhatarah, Parveen ^a   Ward, Geoff ^b   Smith, Jessica ^b   Hayes, Louise ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; RECALL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 67650501851     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.5.689     Document Type: Article

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