Short-Term Memory: Psychological and Neural Aspects

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 210-215

  Courtney, S M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Capacity; Chunking; Cognitive control; Executive; Interference; Long term memory; Prefrontal cortex; Short term memory; Sustained activity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069189453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045396-5.00157-3     Document Type: Chapter

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