Similarities and Differences Between Working Memory and Long-Term Memory: Evidence From the Levels-of-Processing Span Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 471-483

  Rose, Nathan S ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^a   Hale, Sandra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

levels of processing; long term memory; secondary memory; short term memory; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649219300     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018405     Document Type: Article

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