The transient information effect: Investigating the impact of segmentation on spoken and written text

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 848-853

  Singh, Anne Marie ^a   Marcus, Nadine ^a   Ayres, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 84870360163     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2885     Document Type: Article

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