Sensory load incurs conceptual processing costs

Cognition

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-294

  Vermeulen, Nicolas ^a,b   Corneille, Olivier ^a   Niedenthal, Paula M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS FNRS)   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Concepts; Grounded cognition; Knowledge; Load; Resources; Short term memory; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56149092821     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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