The contents of visual memory are only partly under volitional control

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1360-1369

  Olson, Ingrid R ^a   Moore, Katherine Sledge ^b   Drowos, David B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SERIAL LEARNING; VOLITION;

EID: 54949131681     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.7.1360     Document Type: Article

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