Visual object complexity limits pigeon short-term memory

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-38

  Magnotti, John F ^a,b   Goodman, Adam M ^a   Daniel, Thomas A ^a   Elmore, L Caitlin ^b,c   Wright, Anthony A ^b   Katz, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Visual short term memory; Visual target search

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPLEXITY; DETECTION METHOD; MEMORY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLUMBA LIVIA; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

COLUMBA;

EID: 84874283925     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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