Fractionating working memory: Consolidation and maintenance are independent processes

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-113

  Woodman, Geoffrey F ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 14544300933     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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