Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: The role of list length, strategy use, and test expectancy

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-148

  Grenfell Essam, Rachel ^a   Ward, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free recall; List length; Serial recall; Short term memory; Strategy use; Test expectancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862258532     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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