The Influence of Word Frequency on Recency Effects in Directed Free Recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 611-615

  Van Overschelde, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 85047674756     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.4.611     Document Type: Article

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