Attentional Limits in Memory Retrieval-Revisited

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1083-1098

  Green, Collin ^a   Johnston, James C ^a   Ruthruff, Eric ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive bottleneck; Dual task; Memory; Psychological refractory period

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ATTENTION; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79961144058     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023095     Document Type: Article

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