A direct test of the differentiation mechanism: REM, BCDMEM, and the strength-based mirror effect in recognition memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-34

  Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   White, Corey N ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bind Cue Decide Model of Episodic Memory; Differentiation; Retrieving Effectively from Memory; Strength based mirror effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951652441     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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