Memory reloaded: Memory load effects in the attentional blink

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1085-1103

  Visser, Troy A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Capacity limited; Target 1 difficulty; Target 1 masking; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 77952852526     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903168235     Document Type: Article

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