Random Generation and the Executive Control of Working Memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 819-852

  Baddeley, Alan ^a   Emslie, Hazel ^b   Kolodny, Jonathan ^b   Duncan, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0032197276     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755788     Document Type: Article

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