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- ↑ Graham Hitch publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ↑ Baddeley, Alan D.; Hitch, Graham (1974). Working Memory. Psychology of Learning and Motivation. Vol. 8. pp. 47–89. doi:10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60452-1. ISBN 9780125433082. ISSN 0079-7421.
- ↑ Baddeley, Alan D.; Hitch, Graham J. (1994). "Developments in the concept of working memory". Neuropsychology. 8 (4): 485–493. doi:10.1037/0894-4105.8.4.485. ISSN 1931-1559.
- ↑ Hitch, Graham James (1972). Organisation and retrieval in immediate memory. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
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