The spatially asymmetric cost of memory load on visual perception: Transient stimulus-centered neglect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 580-591

  Gozli, Davood G ^a   Wilson, Kristin E ^a   Ferber, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Hemispheric asymmetries; Neglect; Spatial reference frames; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897933078     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034276     Document Type: Article

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