A Core Knowledge Architecture of Visual Working Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-381

  Wood, Justin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Cognitive development; Core knowledge; Visual short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954536648     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021935     Document Type: Article

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