The Components of Working Memory Updating: An Experimental Decomposition and Individual Differences

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-189

  Ecker, Ullrich K H ^a   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^b   Chee, Abby E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

individual differences; memory updating; structural equation modeling; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049134942     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017891     Document Type: Article

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