Time flies faster if a person has a high working-memory capacity

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-319

  Woehrle, James L ^a   Magliano, Joseph P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2340 Cognitive Processes; 2346 Attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855758526     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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