Working memory capacity, intelligence, and the magnitude of the attentional blink revisited

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Martens, Sander ^a   Johnson, Addie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; General intelligence; Individual differences; Selective attention; Short term memory capacity; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849086897     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1551-1     Document Type: Article

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