The role of the executive system in visuo-spatial memory functioning

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 364-381

  Fisk, John E ^a   Sharp, Charles A ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual task; Executive; Random generation; Serial position; Spatial; Uncertainty; Updating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0043168142     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00183-0     Document Type: Article

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