Interfering with the Central Executive by Means of a Random Interval Repetition Task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 197-218

  Vandierendonck, André ^a   De Vooght, Gino ^a   Van Der Goten, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031989756     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755748     Document Type: Article

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