A Contextual Change Account of the Directed Forgetting Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1064-1072

  Sahakyan, Lili ^a,b   Kelley, Colleen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85047668928     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.6.1064     Document Type: Article

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