Spatial working memory maintenance: Does attention play a role? A visual search study

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Chan, Louis K H ^a   Hayward, William G ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Attention based rehearsal; Spatial working memory; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349232872     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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