Tests of the Dynamic Field Theory and the Spatial Precision Hypothesis: Capturing a Qualitative Developmental Transition in Spatial Working Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1698-1725

  Schutte, Anne R ^a   Spencer, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 72249096510     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015794     Document Type: Article

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