The relationship between absolute and proportion scores of serial order memory: simulation predictions and empirical

C Philip Beaman1

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, England. c.p.beaman@reading.ac.uk

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