The strategic retention of task-relevant objects in visual working memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 760-772

  Maxcey Richard, Ashleigh M ^a   Hollingworth, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Scene perception; Visual short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880677297     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029496     Document Type: Article

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