Adaptive memory: The survival scenario enhances item-specific processing relative to a moving scenario

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 695-706

  Burns, Daniel J ^a   Hart, Joshua ^a   Griffith, Samantha E ^a   Burns, Amy D ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive memory; Cumulative recall; Free recall; Item specific; Planning; Relational; Survival processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880962072     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.752506     Document Type: Article

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