Is verbal-spatial binding in working memory impaired by a concurrent memory load?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1696-1705

  Elsley, Jane V ^a   Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional resources; Binding; Episodic buffer; Load; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70449564731     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902811231     Document Type: Article

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