Complex network structure influences processing in long-term and short-term memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-44

  Vitevitch, Michael S ^a   Chan, Kit Ying ^a   Roodenrys, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clustering coefficient; LTM; Mental lexicon; Network science; STM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862253934     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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