Attention, working memory, and phenomenal experience of WM content: Memory levels determined by different types of top-down modulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Jacob, Jane ^a   Jacobs, Christianne ^a   Silvanto, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Memory state; Phenomenal experience; Top down attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947275000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01603     Document Type: Article

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