Foraging for Thought: An Inhibition-of-Return-Like Effect Resulting From Directing Attention Within Working Memory

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1104-1112

  Johnson, Matthew R ^a,b   Higgins, Julie A ^a,c   Norman, Kenneth A ^d   Sederberg, Per B ^e   Smith, Troy A ^e   Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; memory; refreshing; short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880078863     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612466414     Document Type: Article

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