Modality effects in memory for basic stimulus attributes: A temporal and nontemporal comparison

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1354-1371

  Ogden, Ruth S ^a,b   Jones, Luke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Length perception; Nontemporal generalization; Pitch perception; Reference memory; Temporal generalization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051724676     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.543324     Document Type: Article

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