Ending on a High Note: Adding a Better End to Effortful Study

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1548-1553

  Finn, Bridgid ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Remembered utility; Value of learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78249252344     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020605     Document Type: Article

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