The influence of long-term knowledge on short-term memory: Evidence for multiple mechanisms

Interactions Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory in the Verbal Domain

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 198-219

  Thorn, Annabel S C ^a   Frankish, Clive R ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203938966     Document Type: Chapter

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