The development of visual short-term memory for multifeature items during middle childhood

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 802-809

  Riggs, Kevin J ^a   Simpson, Andrew ^b   Potts, Thomas ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Change detection; Childhood; Development; Object file; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951724871     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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