Controlling retrieval during practice: Implications for memory-based theories of automaticity

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-221

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

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Control; Instance theory; Performance goals; Retrieval; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958099228     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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