Retroactive interference in short-term memory and the word-length effect

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Campoy, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Proactive interference; Recent probes task; Retroactive interference; Serial reconstruction; Short term memory; Word length effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 80052913034     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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