Visual search remains efficient when visual working memory is full

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-224

  Woodman, Geoffrey F ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^b   Luck, Steven J ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035348095     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00339     Document Type: Article

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