An isolation effect in serial memory for spatial information

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 752-762

  Guérard, Katherine ^a   Hughes, Robert W ^b   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 42449096316     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701402331     Document Type: Article

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