Attention on our mind: The role of spatial attention in visual working memory

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-251

  Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^b   Irwin, David E ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957956389     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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