Variability in the quality of visual working memory

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fougnie, Daryl ^a   Suchow, Jordan W ^a   Alvarez, George A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MEMORY; STOCHASTICITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870816059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2237     Document Type: Article

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