Information Processing Models-In Search of Elementary Operations
Annual Review of PsychologyPublished 1 January 1982
Michael I. Posner, Peter McLeod
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The aim of this monograph is to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, as to provide a uniform standard for this procedure to be applied in the context of clinical practice.
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INTRODUCTION History . Taxonomy .. Chapter Organization .. SOURCES OF ELEMENTARY MENTAL OPERATIONS ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .. Methodology .. Reading and Listening .. Analog Processing .. Motor Control .. Problem Solving .. Summary .. THE COORDINATION OF ELEMENTARY MENTAL OPERATIONS .. Competition for a Common Resource . MUltiple Sources of Processing Capacity . INDIVIDUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL OPERATIONS .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Infancy .. Individual Differences . Personality . 478 478 479 481 482 482 484 489 492 494 495 496 496 498
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