A processing approach to the working memory/long-term memory distinction: Evidence from the levels-of-processing span task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1019-1029

  Rose, Nathan S ^a   Craik, Fergus I M ^a  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depth of processing; Levels of processing; Long term memory; Secondary memory; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 84871679866     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026976     Document Type: Article

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