Two Dissociable Updating Processes in Working Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1339-1348

  Kessler, Yoav ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

binding; set size; short term memory; updating; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 56449122524     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013078     Document Type: Article

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