The psychophysics of perceptual memory

Psychological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 81-92

  Magnussen, Svein ^a   Greenlee, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032602485     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260050043     Document Type: Article

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