The role of attention in conscious recollection

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Brigard, Felipe De ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Consciousness; Global neuronal workspace; Memory; Recollection; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867072740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00029     Document Type: Article

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