Reconstructions of information in visual spatial working memory degrade with memory load

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 2174-2180

  Sprague, Thomas C ^a   Ester, Edward F ^a   Serences, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908163299     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.066     Document Type: Article

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