How is working memory content consciously experienced? The 'conscious copy' model of WM introspection

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 510-519

  Jacobs, Christianne ^a   Silvanto, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Introspection; Mental imagery; Visual short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTROSPECTION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84934981588     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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