Available but unattended conceptual information in working memory: Temporarily active semantic content or persistent memory for prior operations?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-168

  Woltz, Dan J ^a   Was, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory activation; Procedural memory; Semantic priming; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846011059     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.1.155     Document Type: Article

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