Dissociation, cognitive failures, and working memory

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-113

  Wright, Daniel B ^a   Osborne, Jessica E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; LURIA-NEBRASKA NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 19944381557     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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