Working memory: An ensemble of functions in on-line cognition

From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language Essays in Honour of Michel Denis

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 77-105

  Logie, Robert H ^a   Niven, Elaine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203078433     Document Type: Chapter

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