Something for Nothing: Is Visual Encoding Automatic?

Media Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-163

  Lang, Annie ^a   Potter, Robert F ^b   Bolls, Paul D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0013040723     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0102_4     Document Type: Article

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