Spatial clustering and hierarchical coding in immediate serial recall

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-246

  De Lillo, Carlo ^a   Lesk, Valerie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chunking; Serial recall; Short term memory; Spatial memory; Spatial organisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77951472640     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440902757918     Document Type: Article

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