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Functional similarities and differences between the coding of positional information in verbal and spatial short-term order memory

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Functional similarities and differences between the coding of positional information in verbal and spatial short-term order memory. / Hurlstone, Mark John.
In: Memory, Vol. 27, No. 2, 07.02.2019, p. 147-162 .

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Hurlstone, MJ 2019, 'Functional similarities and differences between the coding of positional information in verbal and spatial short-term order memory', Memory, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 147-162 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1495235

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Hurlstone, M. J. (2019). Functional similarities and differences between the coding of positional information in verbal and spatial short-term order memory. Memory, 27(2), 147-162 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1495235

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Hurlstone MJ. Functional similarities and differences between the coding of positional information in verbal and spatial short-term order memory. Memory. 2019 Feb 7;27(2):147-162 . doi: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1495235

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Hurlstone, Mark John. / Functional similarities and differences between the coding of positional information in verbal and spatial short-term order memory. In: Memory. 2019 ; Vol. 27, No. 2. pp. 147-162 .

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