An adaptive reference/test paradigm: Application to pulsed fluoroscopy perception

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 332-348

  Xue, Ping ^a,b   Thomas, Cecil W ^a   Gilmore, Grover C ^a   Wilson, David L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

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EID: 0001178850     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200663     Document Type: Article

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