Characteristics of information decay in short-term visual memory and a diffusion model

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 404-412

  Sakai, Koji ^a   Inui, Toshio ^b  

^a Kyoto Koka Women's College   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Exposure duration; Memory noise; Short term visual memory; Signal Detection Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; VISION;

HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035752807     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.72.404     Document Type: Article

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