The influence of input and output modality on following instructions in working memory

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, Tian Xiao ^a   Allen, Richard J ^b   Yu, Qi Jing ^c   Chan, Raymond C K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84949239277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17657     Document Type: Article

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