On the difference between working memory and attentional set

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1553-1558

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a   Eimer, Martin ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional set; Short term memory; Visual attention; Visual search; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955860792     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.11.033     Document Type: Article

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