On the asymmetric effects of mind-wandering on levels of processing at encoding and retrieval

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 728-733

  Thomson, David R ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^a   Besner, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention and memory; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901505157     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0526-9     Document Type: Article

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