Binding in visual working memory: The role of the episodic buffer

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1393-1400

  Baddeley, Alan D ^a   Allen, Richard J ^b   Hitch, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding; Episodic buffer; Executive processing; Visuo spatial sketchpad; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; EPISODIC BUFFER; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; OBJECT RELATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79955848675     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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