Binding objects to locations: The relationship between object files and visual working memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-564

  Hollingworth, Andrew ^a   Rasmussen, Ian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Object file; Object position; Visual short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 77955537413     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017836     Document Type: Article

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