The role of phonological and semantic representations in verbal short-term memory and delayed retention.
It has been suggested that phonological representations play a central role in verbal short-term memory, but when semantic knowledge has been investigated, it has also been shown to influence verbal short-term memory. Explaining this interaction between verbal short-term memory and the linguistic sy...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 325 - 339 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2022
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