Working Memory for Meaningless Manual Gestures.
Effects on working memory performance relating to item similarity have been linked to prior categori- sation of representations in long-term memory. However, there is evidence from gesture processing that this link may not be obligatory. The present study investigated whether working memory for inci...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 72 - 81 |
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