Feature Bindings Are Maintained in Visual Short-Term Memory Without Sustained Focused Attention

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-116

  Delvenne, Jean François ^a   Cleeremans, Axel ^b   Laloyaux, Cédric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binding; Visual attention; Visual short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949761880     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000014     Document Type: Article

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