Event Boundaries in Perception Affect Memory Encoding and Updating

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-257

  Swallow, Khena M ^a   Zacks, Jeffrey M ^a   Abrams, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

episodic memory; event segmentation; perception; short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749105062     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015631     Document Type: Article

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