Buffer Loading and Chunking in Sequential Keypressing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 544-562

  Verwey, Willem B ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030548145     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.3.544     Document Type: Article

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