Processing in the Stroop task: Mental set as a determinant of performance

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-68

  Bauer, Ben ^a   Besner, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031510199     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1196-1961.51.1.61     Document Type: Article

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