Executive processes in visual and spatial working memory tasks

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-100

  Rudkin, Susan J ^a   Pearson, David G ^a   Logie, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845460319     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600587976     Document Type: Article

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