Do objects in working memory compete with objects in perception?

Visual Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-640

  Zhang, Hang ^a   Xuan, Yuming ^a   Fu, Xiaolan ^a   Pylyshyn, Zenon W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task interference; Multiple object tracking; Object; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIRECTIONAL VISION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXPLICIT MEMORY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77951167367     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280903211142     Document Type: Article

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