Learning new vocabulary in German: The effects of inferring word meanings, type of feedback, and time of test

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-86

  Carpenter, Shana K ^a,b   Sachs, Riebana E ^a   Martin, Beth ^a   Schmidt, Kristian ^a   Looft, Ruxandra ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Human memory and learning; Language memory interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856204687     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0185-7     Document Type: Article

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