Backward recall and the word length effect

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-86

  Surprenant, Aimée M ^a   Brown, Mark A ^a   Jalbert, Annie ^a   Neath, Ian ^a   Bireta, Tamra J ^b   Tehan, Gerald ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79955619819     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.1.0075     Document Type: Article

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