Working memory retrieval as a decision process

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Pearson, Benjamin ^a,b   Raškevičius, Julius ^a   Bays, Paul M ^c,d   Pertzov, Yoni ^e   Husain, Masud ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision; Precision; Response time; Retrieval; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

DECISION; PRECISION; RESPONSE TIME; RETRIEVAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897688781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.2.2     Document Type: Article

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