Contrasting effects of repetition across tasks: implications for understanding the nature of refractory behavior and models of semantic memory.
We describe a patient (J.M.) who showed "refractory" behavior in picture-word matching tasks--that is, his performance became poorer when items were repeated. This contrasts with the facilitatory effects of repetition usually observed in normal participants. We show for the first time that...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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