Following instructions from working memory: Why does action at encoding and recall help?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1183-1191

  Jaroslawska, Agnieszka J ^a,b   Gathercole, Susan E ^b   Allen, Richard J ^c   Holmes, Joni ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action advantage; Enactment; Following instructions; Self performed task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RECALL; WORKING MEMORY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84979263801     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-016-0636-5     Document Type: Article

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