Inspection Times and the Selection Task: Are They Relevant?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 781-810

  Roberts, Maxwell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032359230     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755787     Document Type: Article

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