Eye movements as a gatekeeper for memorization: Evidence for the persistence of attentional sets in visual memory search

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-279

  Huestegge, Lynn ^a   Koch, Iring ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859725448     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0345-4     Document Type: Article

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