Assessing the effect of lexical variables in backward recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-324

  Guérard, Katherine ^a   Saint Aubin, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward recall; Immediate memory; Long term memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84863562102     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025481     Document Type: Article

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