Load and distinctness interact in working memory for lexical manual gestures

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rudner, Mary ^a   Toscano, Elena ^a   Holmer, Emil ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

computer games; distinctness; load; manual gestures; resolution; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978275702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01147     Document Type: Article

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