Perceptual asymmetries are preserved in short-term memory tasks

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1782-1792

  Montaser Kouhsari, Leila ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 75549084565     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.8.1782     Document Type: Article

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