The binding pool: A model of shared neural resources for distinct items in visual working memory

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2136-2157

  Swan, Garrett ^a   Wyble, Brad ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Neural network; Slots and resources; Visual working memory; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84895915265     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0633-3     Document Type: Article

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