Mental imagery and visual working memory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Keogh, Rebecca ^a   Pearson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; IMAGINATION; LIGHT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIGHT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83355176415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029221     Document Type: Article

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