Following instructions in a virtual school: Does working memory play a role?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 580-589

  Jaroslawska, Agnieszka J ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^a   Logie, Matthew R ^a   Holmes, Joni ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Following instructions; Virtual environment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; SCHOOL; WORKING MEMORY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SCHOOLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84949933289     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-015-0579-2     Document Type: Article

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