Memory for common objects: Brief intentional study is sufficient to overcome poor recall of US coin features

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-453

  Marmie, William R ^a   Healy, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 7744244097     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.994     Document Type: Article

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