Intent to remember briefly presented human faces and other pictorial stimuli enhances recognition memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-678

  Block, Richard A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67650508417     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.5.667     Document Type: Article

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