Short-term storage capacity for visual objects depends on expertise

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-163

  Sørensen, Thomas Alrik ^a,b   Kyllingsbæk, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attention; Capacity; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861216723     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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