Implications of short-term memory for a general theory of memory

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Short-Term Memory and Incidental Learning11The preparation of this paper was facilitated by a grant from the National Science Foundation to the Institute of Human Learning, University of California, Berkeley, and by Contract Nonr 222(90) with the Office of Naval Research.

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