Direct evidence for a role of working memory in the attentional blink

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-627

  Akyürek, Elkan G ^a,c   Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Jolicœur, Pierre ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34547915560     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193300     Document Type: Article

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