Visual memory for feature bindings: The disruptive effect of responding to new perceptual input

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1572-1600

  Fiacconi, Chris M ^a   Milliken, Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binding; Event integration; Object files; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882265960     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.753925     Document Type: Article

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