Reconfiguration of processing mode prior to task performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1423-1442

  Meiran, Nachshon ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0030488409     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.6.1423     Document Type: Article

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