Visual search demands dictate reliance on working memory storage

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6199-6207

  Luria, Roy ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SEARCH; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955772470     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6453-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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