Examining the relationship between immediate serial recall and immediate free recall: Common effects of phonological loop variables but only limited evidence for the phonological loop

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1110-1141

  Spurgeon, Jessica ^a   Ward, Geoff ^a   Matthews, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concurrent articulation; Free recall; Phonological loop; Phonological similarity effect; Serial recall

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; SERIAL LEARNING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84903210853     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035784     Document Type: Article

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