Selection of objects and tasks in working memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 784-804

  Risse, Sarah ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive control; Interference; Memory load; Object switching; Retrieval; Task switching; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949552032     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903147486     Document Type: Article

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