Covert and overt attention and the processing of cues for location and target identification

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-260

  Goolkasian, Paula ^a   Tarantino, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0004584161     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309909595365     Document Type: Article

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