Dissociation between appearance and location within visuo-spatial working memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-425

  Darling, Stephen ^a,b,c   Deiia Sala, Sergio ^a   Logie, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Short term memory; Spatial memory; Visual memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349132412     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802321984     Document Type: Article

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