Splitting attention across the two visual fields in visual short-term memory

Cognition

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-263

  Delvenne, Jean Francois ^a   Holt, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Bilateral advantage; Visual short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84155164898     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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