Working memory capacity and the top-down control of visual search: Exploring the boundaries of "executive attention"

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 749-777

  Kane, Michael J ^a   Poole, Bradley J ^a   Tuholski, Stephen W ^b   Engle, Randall W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Courtroom Sciences Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive control; Individual differences; Visual search; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; READING; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33746659941     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.4.749     Document Type: Review

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