Assessment of working memory performance in self-ordered selection tests

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1047-1056

  Gillett, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corsi blocks; Multiple location search task; Occupany model; Subject ordered pointing task; Visuo spatial performance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 35848958151     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70702-0     Document Type: Article

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