Successful training of filtering mechanisms in multiple object tracking does not transfer to filtering mechanisms in a visual working memory task: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2379-2388

  Arend, Anna M ^a,b   Zimmer, Hubert D ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Contralateral delay activity (CDA); Focused attention; Multiple object tracking; Plasticity of filtering ability; Slow potentials; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864395094     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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