Taboo: Working memory and mental control in an interactive task

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-291

  Hansen, Whitney A ^a   Goldinger, Stephen D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; GAME; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 70350736149     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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