Visual Working Memory for Observed Actions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 639-652

  Wood, Justin N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

actions; events; visual working memory; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; OBSERVATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36248952137     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.136.4.639     Document Type: Article

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