Temporal-contextual processing in working memory: Evidence from delayed cued recall and delayed free recall tests

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-203

  Loaiza, Vanessa M ^a   McCabe, David P ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Serial position effects; Span tasks; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863595521     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0148-2     Document Type: Article

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