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Remember some or remember all?: Ageing and strategy effects in visual working memory.

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Remember some or remember all? Ageing and strategy effects in visual working memory. / Atkinson, Amy L.; Baddeley, Alan D.; Allen, Richard J.
In: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , Vol. 71, No. 7, 01.07.2018, p. 1561-1573.

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Atkinson, AL, Baddeley, AD & Allen, RJ 2018, 'Remember some or remember all? Ageing and strategy effects in visual working memory.', The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 1561-1573. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1341537

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Atkinson, A. L., Baddeley, A. D., & Allen, R. J. (2018). Remember some or remember all? Ageing and strategy effects in visual working memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 71(7), 1561-1573. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1341537

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Atkinson AL, Baddeley AD, Allen RJ. Remember some or remember all? Ageing and strategy effects in visual working memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 2018 Jul 1;71(7):1561-1573. Epub 2017 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1341537

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Atkinson, Amy L. ; Baddeley, Alan D. ; Allen, Richard J. / Remember some or remember all? Ageing and strategy effects in visual working memory. In: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 2018 ; Vol. 71, No. 7. pp. 1561-1573.

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