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Misapplying working-memory tests: A reductio ad absurdum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2026

Philip Hofmeister ,
Laura Staum Casasanto  and
Ivan A. Sag
Philip Hofmeister*
Affiliation:
University of Essex
Laura Staum Casasanto*
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
Ivan A. Sag*
Affiliation:
Stanford University
*
[phofme@essex.ac.uk]
[laura.casasanto@sunysb.edu]
[sag@stanford.edu]
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Language , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 408 - 409
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Copyright © 2012 by Linguistic Society of America

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