Articulatory Complexity at Item Boundaries in Serial Recall: The Case of Welsh and English Digit Span

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 594-598

  Murray, Alison ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^b,c,d  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; WALES;

EID: 85047672716     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.3.594     Document Type: Article

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