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No Evidence That Articulatory Rehearsal Improves Complex Span Performance

Journal of Cognition
Volume 3 (2020): Issue 1
By: Alessandra S. Souza and  Klaus Oberauer  
Open Access
|May 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.103 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 10, 2019
Accepted on: Apr 19, 2020
Published on: May 12, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
articulatory rehearsal,
complex span,
training,
working memory,
overt rehearsal

© 2020 Alessandra S. Souza, Klaus Oberauer, published by Ubiquity Press
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