The reaction-time task-rule congruency effect is not affected by working memory load: Further support for the activated long-term memory hypothesis

Psychological Research

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-399

  Kessler, Yoav ^a,b   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77952424019     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-009-0261-z     Document Type: Article

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