Selective impairment in visual short-term memory binding

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 583-605

  Parra, Mario A ^a   della Sala, Sergio ^a   Logie, Robert H ^a   Abrahams, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic buffer; Feature integration; Memory binding; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952599024     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290903523286     Document Type: Article

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