Voluntary eyeblinks disrupt iconic memory

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 475-488

  Thomas, Laura E ^a   Irwin, David E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLINKING; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEMORY; RECALL; TIME; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

BLINKING; COGNITION; CUES; EIDETIC IMAGERY; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 33748374206     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193691     Document Type: Article

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