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Jefferies, Elizabeth (2007). Lexical and semantic binding of phonology in verbal short-term memory: Non-Technical Summary (Research Summary).
ESRC End of Award Report, RES-000-22-1255. Swindon: ESRC
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Jefferies, Elizabeth (2007). Lexical and semantic binding of phonology in verbal short-term memory: Non-Technical Summary (Research Summary).
ESRC End of Award Report, RES-000-22-1255. Swindon: ESRC
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