Stimulus-response bindings contribute to item switch costs in working memory

Psychological Research

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-377

  Janczyk, Markus ^a   Kunde, Wilfried ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77952419073     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-009-0259-6     Document Type: Article

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