The focus of attention in working memory: Evidence from a word updating task

Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-225

  Janczyk, Markus ^a   Grabowski, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Focus switching; Word recognition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951698570     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.546803     Document Type: Article

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