The advanced programmer's reliance on program semantics: Evidence from some cognitive tasks

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Wong, Siu Yee ^a   Cheung, Him ^a   Chen, Hsuan Chih ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0032219860     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075998400303     Document Type: Article

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