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Human Memory: A Proposed System and its Control Processes
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Metadata
- Authors
- Atkinson, R. C., & Shiffrin, R. M.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- Venue
- Psychology of Learning and Motivation
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 89-195
- ISSN
- 0079-7421 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1878893887
- Semantic Scholar
- 56c16d9e2a5270ba6b1d83271e2c10916591968d
- Cited by
- 7,216
- References
- 99
- Citations by year
- 2026: 251 · 2025: 332 · 2024: 330 · 2023: 282 · 2022: 271 · 2021: 293 · 2020: 291 · 2019: 280 · 2018: 287 · 2017: 263 · 2016: 224 · 2015: 291 · 2014: 224 · 2013: 251 · 2012: 249
- FWCI
- 82.51
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- The Psychology of learning and motivation/The psychology of learning and motivation (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- human memory, memory systems, sensory register, short-term memory, long-term memory, working memory, memory models, memory decay
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