Adaptive memory: Fitness relevant stimuli show a memory advantage in a game of pelmanism

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 781-786

  Wilson, Stuart ^a   Darling, Stephen ^a   Sykes, Jonathan ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; GAME; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960017170     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0102-0     Document Type: Article

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