Temporal dynamics of encoding, storage, and reallocation of visual working memory

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Bays, Paul M ^a   Gorgoraptis, Nikos ^b   Wee, Natalie ^b   Marshall, Louise ^a   Husain, Masud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Computational modeling; Masking; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054679212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.10.1     Document Type: Article

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