Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1043-1068

  Dean, Graham M ^a   Dewhurst, Stephen A ^b,c   Morris, Peter E ^b,c   Whittaker, Annalise ^b,c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic visual noise; Mental imagery; Selective interference; Symbolic distance effect; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; NOISE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SYMBOLISM;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; NOISE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 27944502463     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1043     Document Type: Review

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