Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgetting

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Ecker, Ullrich K H ^a   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Consolidation; Decay; Interference; Temporal distinctiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870930345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00400     Document Type: Article

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