Inhibition and interference in selective attention: Some tests of a neural network model

Visual Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-164

  Houghton, George ^a   Tipper, Steven P ^b   Weaver, Bruce ^c   Shore, David I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001766117     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713756733     Document Type: Article

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