Independent coding of target distance and direction in visuo-spatial working memory

Psychological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 244-250

  Chieffi, Sergio ^a   Allport, D Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031300590     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00419409     Document Type: Article

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