Visual-spatial working memory, attention, and scene representation: A neuro-cognitive theory

Psychological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 220-236

  Schneider, Werner X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ATTENTION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032610574     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260050052     Document Type: Article

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