Reassessing Working Memory

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  • Maryellen C. MacDonald
  • Morten H. Christiansen
چکیده

* Maryellen C. MacDonald, Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences Program, University of Southern California; Morten H. Christiansen, Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University. This research was supported by NSF Grant SBR-95-11270 and NIA Grant RO1 AG-11773. We thank Mark Seidenberg and David Plaut for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Maryellen C. MacDonald, Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520. Electronic mail may be sent via the Internet to mcm@gizmo.usc.edu or morten@siu.edu. Abstract

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تاریخ انتشار 2002