Individual differences in working memory capacity and visual search: The roles of top-down and bottom-up processing

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 840-845

  Sobel, Kenith V ^a   Gerrie, Matthew P ^b   Poole, Bradley J ^c   Kane, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 37349036318     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194109     Document Type: Article

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