The Relation Between Memory Speed and Capacity: A Domain-General Law of Human Cognition?
By: Kim Uittenhove and Evie Vergauwe
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Submitted on: Oct 5, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 29, 2019
Published on: Oct 18, 2019
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