A task-irrelevant stimulus attribute affects perception and short-term memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1088-1102

  Huang, Jie ^a   Kahana, Michael J ^b   Sekuler, Robert ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449203140     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.8.1088     Document Type: Article

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