Time and Cognitive Load in Working Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 570-585

  Barrouillet, Pierre ^a   Bernardin, Sophie ^b   Portrat, Sophie ^b   Vergauwe, Evie ^a   Camos, Valérie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Institut Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

cognitive load; dual tasks; executive processes; time; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547437578     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.3.570     Document Type: Article

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