The precision of visual working memory is set by allocation of a shared resource

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bays, Paul M ^a   Catalao, Raquel F G ^a   Husain, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Memory; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249131803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.10.7     Document Type: Article

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