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Phonological similarity effects in verbal complex span

Katy J. Lobley Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool , Liverpool, UK
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Alan D. Baddeley Department of Psychology, University of York , York, UK
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Susan E. Gathercole Department of Psychology, University of Durham , Durham, UK
Pages 1462-1478 | Received 05 Feb 2002, Accepted 11 Oct 2004, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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