Eyeclosure helps memory by reducing cognitive load and enhancing visualisation

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1253-1263

  Vredeveldt, Annelies ^a   Hitch, Graham J ^a   Baddeley, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyeclosure; Grain size; Investigative interviewing; Memory retrieval; Modality specific interference; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; VIOLENCE; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; VIOLENCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856442383     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0098-8     Document Type: Article

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