Resolving semantic and proactive interference in memory over the short-term

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 806-817

  Atkins, Alexandra S ^a,b   Berman, Marc G ^b   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^b   Lewis, Richard L ^b   Jonides, John ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; False memory; Interference; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055050133     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0072-5     Document Type: Article

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