Interactions between working memory, attention and eye movements

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-114

  Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Belopolsky, Artem ^a   Olivers, Christian N L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349258212     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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