Learning and memory for sequences of pictures, words, and spatial locations: An exploration of serial position effects

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-168

  Bonk, William J ^a   Healy, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77954528236     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.123.2.0137     Document Type: Article

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