Lapsed attention to elapsed time? Individual differences in working memory capacity and temporal reproduction

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Broadway, James M ^a   Engle, Randall W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Fluid intelligence; Individual differences; Time perception; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954981023     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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