Which factors influence number updating in working memory? The effects of size distance and suppression

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-60

  Carretti, Barbara ^a,c   Cornoldi, Cesare ^a   Pelegrina, Santiago L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c Department of General Psychology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CULTURE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846983232     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X104175     Document Type: Article

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