Evidence for 40-Hz Oscillatory Short-Term Visual Memory Revealed by Human Reaction-Time Measurements

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 703-718

  Elliott, Mark A ^a,b,c   Müller, Hermann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034182084     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0278-7393.26.3.703     Document Type: Article

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