Working memory capacity and go/no-go task performance: Selective effects of updating, maintenance, and inhibition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-324

  Redick, Thomas S ^a   Calvo, Alejandra ^c   Gay, Catherine E ^b   Engle, Randall W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Inhibition; Maintenance; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952391677     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022216     Document Type: Article

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