Visual working memory is disrupted by covert verbal retrieval

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-521

  Ricker, Timothy J ^a   Cowan, Nelson ^a   Morey, Candice C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957274828     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.4.516     Document Type: Article

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