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Variations in the ratio of working-memory to reference-memory trials reveal sample-encoding effects in pigeon short-term memory

✍ Scribed by Santi, Angelo; Reason, William; Hanemaayer, Colleen; Petelka, Susan

Book ID: 125415132
Publisher: Springer - Psychonomic Society
Year: 1990
Weight: 792 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 0090-5054
DOI: 10.3758/BF03337651

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