Interference between maintenance and processing in working memory: The effect of item-distractor similarity in complex span

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 665-685

  Oberauer, Klaus ^a,b   Farrell, Simon ^b   Jarrold, Christopher ^b   Pasiecznik, Kazimir ^b   Greaves, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex span; Computational modeling; Interference; Item distractor similarity; Serial recall; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84865678609     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026337     Document Type: Article

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