Visual Search Elicits the Electrophysiological Marker of Visual Working Memory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Emrich, Stephen M ^a   Al Aidroos, Naseem ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a   Ferber, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951227866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008042     Document Type: Article

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