Why does lag affect the durability of memory-based automaticity: Loss of memory strength or interference?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 390-396

  Wilkins, Nicolas J ^a   Rawson, Katherine A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Lag effect; Retrieval; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

2300; 2340; 2343; ARTICLE; AUTOMATICITY; AUTOMATISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAG EFFECT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SKILL ACQUISITION;

2300; 2340; 2343; AUTOMATICITY; LAG EFFECT; RETRIEVAL; SKILL ACQUISITION;

AUTOMATISM; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84883547814     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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