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The Journal of Psychology
Interdisciplinary and Applied
Volume 44, 1957 - Issue 2
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A Comparison of Immediate Memory Span for Digits, Letters, and Words

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Pages 319-327 | Received 14 Aug 1957, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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