Maintaining the ties that bind: The role of an intermediate visual memory store in the persistence of awareness

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-210

  Ferber, Susanne ^a,b   Emrich, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34147108773     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290601046598     Document Type: Article

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