Short-term memory for auditory and visual durations: Evidence for selective interference effects

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-40

  Rattat, Anne Claire ^a   Picard, Delphine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855316297     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0326-7     Document Type: Article

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