Precision in visual working memory reaches a stable plateau when individual item limits are exceeded

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1128-1138

  Anderson, David E ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^a   Awh, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751554640     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4125-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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