Distractor frequency influences performance in vibrotactile working memory

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-532

  Bancroft, Tyler ^a   Servos, Philip ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency; Interference; Tactile working memory; Vibrotactile perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE MEMORY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952536641     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2501-2     Document Type: Article

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