Everyday attention failures: An individual differences investigation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1765-1772

  Unsworth, Nash ^a   McMillan, Brittany D ^a   Brewer, Gene A ^b   Spillers, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention control; Attention failures; Individual differences; SAT; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873872572     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028075     Document Type: Article

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