Dynamics of context-dependent recall: An examination of internal and external context change

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependent memory; Recall dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955168091     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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