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When Load is Low, Working Memory is Shielded From Long-Term Memory’s Influence

Journal of Cognition
Volume 7 (2024): Issue 1
By: Lea M. Bartsch,  Gidon T. Frischkorn and  Peter Shepherdson  
Open Access
|May 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.368 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 9, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2024
Published on: May 15, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Working memory,
Long-term memory,
Proactive facilitation,
Proactive interference

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