Escaping the recent past: Which stimulus dimensions influence proactive interference?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 650-670

  Craig, Kimberly S ^a   Berman, Marc G ^b,c   Jonides, John ^a   Lustig, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inhibition in memory retrieval; Interference; Memory; Recognition; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879217448     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0287-0     Document Type: Article

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