Putting things into perspective: Individual differences in working-memory Span and the integration of information

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  Brumback, Carrie R ^a   Low, Kathy A ^a   Gratton, Gabriele ^a   Fabiani, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled attention; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Individual differences; OSPAN task; Stimulus sequence; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 14644396571     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.52.1.21     Document Type: Review

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