Benefit of enactment over oral repetition of verbal instruction does not require additional working memory during encoding

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-192

  Yang, Tianxiao ^a,b   Gathercole, Susan E ^c   Allen, Richard J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enactment; Following instructions; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893140665     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0471-7     Document Type: Article

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