A role for spatial and nonspatial working memory processes in visual search

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 301-312

  Anderson, Elaine J ^a,b   Mannan, Sabira K ^a   Rees, Geraint ^b   Sumner, Petroc ^a,c   Kennard, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual processing; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DUAL PROCESSING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

DUAL PROCESSING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54149099788     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.55.5.301     Document Type: Article

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