Working memory at work: How the updating process alters the nature of working memory transfer

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Zhang, Yanmin ^a   Verhaeghen, Paul ^b   Cerella, John ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655163781     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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