Working Memory and Focal Attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 817-835

  McElree, Brian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047681105     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.3.817     Document Type: Article

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