Asymmetric cross-domain interference between two working memory tasks: Implications for models of working memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-348

  Morey, Candice C ^a   Morey, Richard D ^a   van der Reijden, Madeleine ^a   Holweg, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Verbal short term memory; Visual short term memory; Visuo spatial short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881086800     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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