Different states in visual working memory: When it guides attention and when it does not

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 327-334

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a   Peters, Judith ^b,c   Houtkamp, Roos ^d   Roelfsema, Pieter R ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMORY STATE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WORKING MEMORIES;

ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959892838     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.05.004     Document Type: Review

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