The role of similarity in updating numerical information in working memory: Decomposing the numerical distance effect

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-32

  Lendínez, Cristina ^a   Pelegrina, Santiago ^a   Lechuga, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feature overwriting; Numerical distance; Similarity; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892496391     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.793375     Document Type: Article

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