Dynamic search and working memory in social recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 218-228

  Hills, Thomas T ^a   Pachur, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Executive function; Individual differences; Search; Social networks; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855294118     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025161     Document Type: Article

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