Resource allocation and prioritization in auditory working memory

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-20

  Kumar, S ^a,c   Joseph, S ^b   Pearson, B ^b   Teki, S ^a   Fox, Z V ^a,d   Griffiths, T D ^a,c   Husain, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Memory capacity; Pitch matching; Precision; Resource model; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PROBABILITY; RECALL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874147647     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2012.716416     Document Type: Article

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