How do subvocal rehearsal and general attentional resources contribute to verbal short-term memory span?
Whether rehearsal has a causal role in verbal STM has been controversial in the literature. Recent theories of working memory emphasize a role of attentional resources, but leave unclear how they contribute to verbal STM. Two experiments (with 49 and 102 adult participants, respectively) followed up...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00145/full |