Time-based forgetting in visual working memory reflects temporal distinctiveness, not decay

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-162

  Souza, Alessandra S ^a   Oberauer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decay; Forgetting; Temporal distinctiveness; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938418705     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0652-z     Document Type: Article

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