Working memory does not dissociate between different perceptual categorization tasks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 881-904

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a   Yang, Lee Xieng ^b   Newell, Ben R ^c   Kalish, Michael L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Category learning; Multiple memory systems; Perceptual categorization; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84871707213     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027298     Document Type: Article

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