Representations in mental imagery and working memory: Evidence from different types of visual masks

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-217

  Borst, Gregoire ^a   Ganis, Giorgio ^b   Thompson, William L ^c   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic visual noise; Short term memory; Visual mental imagery; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860803790     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0143-7     Document Type: Article

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