Evaluating Models of Working Memory Through the Effects of Concurrent Irrelevant Information

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-137

  Chein, Jason M ^a   Fiez, Julie A ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

articulatory suppression; controlled attention; fMRI; irrelevant sound effect; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 76049114773     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018200     Document Type: Article

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