Executive control of stimulus-driven and goal-directed attention in visual working memory

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2164-2175

  Hu, Yanmei ^a   Allen, Richard J ^b   Baddeley, Alan D ^c   Hitch, Graham J ^c  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive control; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964999893     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-016-1106-7     Document Type: Article

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