Primacy and recency effects as indices of the focus of attention

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Morrison, Alexandra B ^a   Conway, Andrew R A ^b   Chein, Jason M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus of attention; Medial temporal lobe; Phonological rehearsal; Primacy and recency effects; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCUS OF ATTENTION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMACY EFFECTS; RECENCY EFFECTS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893021555     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00006     Document Type: Article

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