Phonological similarity effect in complex span task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1927-1950

  Camos, Valérie ^a   Mora, Gérôme ^b   Barrouillet, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex span task; Phonological similarity; Rehearsal; Time based resource sharing model; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889243668     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.768275     Document Type: Article

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