The shape of things to come: Evaluating word frequency as a continuous variable in recognition memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1947-1952

  Hemmer, Pernille ^a   Criss, Amy H ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Memory models; Mirror effect; Recognition memory; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887527009     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033744     Document Type: Article

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