Visual working memory declines when more features must be remembered for each object

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1212-1227

  Oberauer, Klaus ^a   Eichenberger, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capacity; Visual features; Visual working memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886743299     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0333-6     Document Type: Article

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