Lexical coherence in short-term memory: Strategic reconstruction or semantic glue?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1967-1982

  Jefferies, Elizabeth ^a   Frankish, Clive ^b   Noble, Katie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding; Immediate serial recall; Lexical; Long term memory; Semantic; Verbal short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449555530     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802697672     Document Type: Article

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