Memory as discrimination: A challenge to the encoding-retrieval match principle

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-29

  Poirier, Marie ^a   Nairne, James S ^b   Morin, Caroline ^c   Zimmermann, Friederike G S ^d   Koutmeridou, Kyriaki ^a   Fowler, James ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cue overload; Encoding specificity; Encoding retrieval match; Memory as discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855290335     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024956     Document Type: Article

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