Discrete capacity limits in visual working memory

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Fukuda, Keisuke ^a   Awh, Edward ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NERVE CELL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952468524     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.03.005     Document Type: Review

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