How to Be Proactive About Interference: Lessons From Animal Memory

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Wright, Anthony A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey S ^b   Ma, Wei Ji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive processes; comparative psychology; memory; signal detection theory; time perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857386691     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611430096     Document Type: Article

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