Flexibility in spatial attention before and after practice

Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 399-403

  Cave, Kyle R ^a   Zimmerman, James M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0010548454     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00433.x     Document Type: Article

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