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Segregation of study items in memory determines the magnitude and direction of directed forgetting
Article first published online: 5 MAR 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02105.x
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Icht, M., Chajut, E. and Algom, D. (2013), Segregation of study items in memory determines the magnitude and direction of directed forgetting. British Journal of Psychology, 104: 83–96. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02105.x
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- Issue published online: 15 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 5 MAR 2012
- Received 30 August 2011; revised version received 17 January 2012
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