The role of working memory in tactile selective attention

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-644

  Dalton, Polly ^a   Lavie, Nilli ^b   Spence, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Load theory; Selective attention; Tactile attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651030345     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802483503     Document Type: Article

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