Attention to Information in Working Memory

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-169

  Oberauer, Klaus ^a   Hein, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

attention; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862007571     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412444727     Document Type: Article

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