Working memory capacity and visual attention: Top-down and bottom-up guidance

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-407

  Shipstead, Zach ^a   Harrison, Tyler L ^a   Engle, Randall W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Flanker task; Selective attention; Visual attention; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859505068     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.655698     Document Type: Article

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