When is guessing incorrectly better than studying for enhancing memory?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 899-905

  Vaughn, Kalif E ^a   Rawson, Katherine A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865437081     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0276-0     Document Type: Article

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