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Why are pictures easier to recall than words?
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- Authors
- Paivio, A., Rogers, T. B., & Smythe, P. C.
- Venue
- Psychonomic Science
- Published
- 1968-04
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 137-138
- ISSN
- 0033-3131 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2074551623
- Cited by
- 486
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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