Directed forgetting: Comparing pictures and words

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Quinlan, Chelsea K ^a   Taylor, Tracy L ^a   Fawcett, Jonathan M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intentional forgetting; Item method directed forgetting; Picture superiority; Pictures; Words

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 77952611385     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016569     Document Type: Article

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