Configural representations in spatial working memory: Modulation by perceptual segregation and voluntary attention

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2130-2142

  Gmeindl, Leon ^a,b   Nelson, James K ^a   Wiggin, Timothy ^a   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Grouping; Short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155140200     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0180-0     Document Type: Article

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