Testing the interpretation of inspection time as a measure of speed of sensory processing

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-39

  Burns, Nicholas R ^a   Nettelbeck, Ted ^a   White, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inspection time; Sensory processing; Sensory theory; Speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031602757     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00142-6     Document Type: Article

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