Olfactory working memory: Effects of verbalization on the 2-back task

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1023-1032

  Jönsson, Fredrik U ^a,b   Møller, Per ^c   Olsson, Mats J ^b,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 back task; n back task; Olfaction; References; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMELLING;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055053698     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0080-5     Document Type: Article

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