The relationship between divided attention and implicit memory: A meta-analysis

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Spataro, Pietro ^a   Cestari, Vincenzo ^b   Rossi Arnaud, Clelia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Memory; Meta analysis; Repetition priming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 79952623161     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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