Relationship between working memory capacity and contingent involuntary orienting

Visual Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 983-1002

  Burnham, Bryan R ^a   Harris, Anne Marie ^a   Suda, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Attentional control; Executive attention; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 80053192044     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2011.603710     Document Type: Article

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