The inverse list length effect: A challenge for pure exemplar models of recognition memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416-424

  Dennis, Simon ^a   Chapman, Allison ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bind Cue Decide Model of Episodic Memory, BCDMEM; Category effects; Inverse list length effect; Recognition memory; Retrieving Effectively from Memory, REM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956063591     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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