Variation in working memory capacity and forgetting over both the short and the long term: An application of the Population Dilution model

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-255

  Unsworth, Nash ^a   Brewer, Gene A ^a   Spillers, Gregory J ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Forgetting; Individual differences; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; POPULATION DILUTION MODEL; PROCESS MODEL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY;

EID: 79959815856     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.493153     Document Type: Article

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