The types of stimuli loaded in memory can modulate its effects on visual search

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 531-542

  Gil Gómez De Liaño, Beatriz ^a   Botella, Juan ^a   Pascual Ezama, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Memory load; Selective attention; Visual search; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL SEARCH; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; STIMULUS; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 80051776206     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.542747     Document Type: Article

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