Lost thoughts: Implicit semantic interference impairs reflective access to currently active information

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-11

  Higgins, Julie A ^a   Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal attention; Implicit interference; Refreshing; Semantic relatedness; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880935849     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028191     Document Type: Article

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