The effects of divided attention on encoding processes in memory: Mapping the locus of interference

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^a,d   Guez, Jonathan ^b   Sorek, Shai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Achva College

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d 106 McAlester Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250652468     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cjep2007001     Document Type: Article

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