Understanding the Function of Visual Short-Term Memory: Transsaccadic Memory, Object Correspondence, and Gaze Correction

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-181

  Hollingworth, Andrew ^a   Richard, Ashleigh M ^a   Luck, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; gaze correction; saccades; visual short term memory; visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; ROTATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ROTATION; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39449112438     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.137.1.163     Document Type: Article

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