Temporal characteristics of working memory for spatial relations: An ERP study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-94

  van der Ham, Ineke J M ^a   van Strien, Jan W ^b   Oleksiak, Anna ^c   van Wezel, Richard J A ^c   Postma, Albert ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Categorical and coordinate spatial relations; ERP; Lateralization; Retention interval; Visual half field; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PARIETAL LOBE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954383448     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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