Working memory updating involves item-specific removal

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Ecker, Ullrich K H ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^b   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Removal; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899013035     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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