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ImageCredits

Vampire,KevinMendez,2014.
Garlic,byJJHarrison(jjharrison89@facebook.com)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic#mediaviewer/File:Garlic_Bulbs_2.jpg.
Hawthorn,byNadiatalent,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus_ambigua#mediaviewer/File:Crataegusambigua2.jpg.
Rose(RoseAmberFlush),http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose#mediaviewer/File:Rose_Amber_Flush_20070601.jpg. Graham
crackerstack,byEvanAmos,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker#mediaviewer/File:GrahamCrackerStack.jpg
100meterdash,byRudolphous,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres#mediaviewer/File:20070701nk2007100m.jpg
Knitting,RachelOakley,2014.
Xray handwithcolor,byDr.Jochen Lengerke,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpus#mediaviewer/File:Xray_hand_with_color.jpg
Bonesoftheskull,LadyofHats MarianaRuizVillarreal,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_skull_side_simplified_(bones).svg
Layoutofahouse,KevinMendez,2014.
Oakleyhouse,PhilipOakley,2014.
Livingroom,RachelOakley,2014.
Guida,A.,F.Gobet,H.Tardieu,andS.Nicolas."HowChunks,LongTermWorkingMemoryandTemplatesOfferaCognitive
ExplanationforNeuroimagingDataonExpertiseAcquisition:ATwoStageFramework."BrainandCognition79,no.3(Aug
2012):22144.
Memoryribbonandpatterns,BarbaraOakley,2014
Flyingmule,KevinMendez,2014
Kitchensink,PhilipOakley,2014.
ClipartcourtesyMicrosoftCorporation

RelevantReadings

Baddeley,Alan,MichaelW.Eysenck,andMichaelC.Anderson.Memory.NY:PsychologyPress,2009.
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