The roles of working memory and intervening task difficulty in determining the benefits of repetition

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-347

  Bui, Dung C ^a   Maddox, Geoffrey B ^a   Balota, David A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention and memory; Individual differences in memory capacity; Repetition effects; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874710777     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0352-5     Document Type: Article

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