Selecting One among Many Referents in Spatial Situation Models

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-98

  Bower, Gordon H ^a   Rinck, Mike ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; READING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047683070     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.1.81     Document Type: Article

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