The structure of short-term memory scanning: An investigation using response time distribution models

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-394

  Donkin, Chris ^a   Nosofsky, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Math modeling and model selection; Response time models; Serial position functions; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860873378     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0236-8     Document Type: Review

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