The real relationship between short-term memory and working memory

Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 804-813

  Colom, Roberto ^a   Shih, Pei Chun ^a   Flores Mendoza, Carmen ^b   Quiroga, Ma Ángeles ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33748117068     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210600680020     Document Type: Article

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