A Power-Law Model of Psychological Memory Strength in Short- and Long-Term Recognition

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-634

  Donkin, Chris ^a   Nosofsky, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

forgetting; forgetting curves; memory; power functions; power laws; response times; short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862220823     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611430961     Document Type: Article

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