Loss of cognitive skill across delays: Constraints for theories of cognitive skill acquisition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1134-1149

  Wilkins, Nicolas J ^a   Rawson, Katherine A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Forgetting; Potentiation; Practice effects; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956505034     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019998     Document Type: Article

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