The Influence of Levels of Processing on Recall From Working Memory and Delayed Recall Tasks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1258-1263

  Loaiza, Vanessa M ^a   McCabe, David P ^a   Youngblood, Jessie L ^a   Rose, Nathan S ^b   Myerson, Joel ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Levels of processing; Secondary memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052865337     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023923     Document Type: Article

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