Shifting attention among working memory representations: Testing cue type, awareness, and strategic control

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-438

  Berryhill, Marian E ^a,b,c   Richmond, Lauren L ^b   Shay, Cara S ^b   Olson, Ingrid R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Endogenous cue; Exogenous cue; Retro cue; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859494578     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.604786     Document Type: Article

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