How can dual-task working memory retention limits be investigated?

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 686-688

  Cowan, Nelson ^a   Morey, Candice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547570518     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01960.x     Document Type: Article

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