Individual differences in the gesture effect on working memory

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 496-500

  Marstaller, Lars ^a   Burianová, Hana ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gesture; Individual differences in memory capacity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878502438     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0365-0     Document Type: Article

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