Effects of divided attention in the word-fragment completion task with unique and multiple solutions

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-45

  Spataro, Pietro ^a   Mulligan, Neil ^b   Rossi Arnaud, Clelia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Identification production hypothesis; Implicit memory; Word fragment completion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 77951744914     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440802685979     Document Type: Article

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