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The situation with respect to the spacing of repetitions and memory
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- Authors
- Melton, A. W.
- Venue
- Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1970-10
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 596-606
- ISSN
- 0022-5371 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2049260718
- Cited by
- 517
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 10.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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