Single-probe serial position recall: Evidence of modularity for olfactory, visual, and auditory short-term memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Johnson, Andrew J ^a   Miles, Christopher ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modularity; Order; Serial position effects; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULATION; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849192567     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802303750     Document Type: Article

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