Sequential dynamics in visual short-term memory

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1885-1901

  Kool, Wouter ^a   Conway, Andrew R A ^a   Turk Browne, Nicholas B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Retroactive interference; Sequential dynamics; Visual short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBABILITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919828677     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0755-7     Document Type: Article

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