Spatial Context Learning Survives Interference From Working Memory Load

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1358-1371

  Vickery, Timothy J ^a   Sussman, Rachel S ^b   Jiang, Yuhong V ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual cuing; Divided attention; Implicit learning; Visual search; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650079978     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020558     Document Type: Article

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