Phonological similarity in working memory span tasks.
In a series of four experiments, we explored what conditions are sufficient to produce a phonological similarity facilitation effect in working memory span tasks. By using the same set of memoranda, but differing the secondary-task requirements across experiments, we showed that a phonological simil...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 937 - 950 |
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