Are forward and backward recall the same? A dual-task study of digit recall

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 519-532

  St Clair Thompson, Helen L ^a   Allen, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876194192     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0277-2     Document Type: Article

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