Attentional switching in spatial and nonspatial domains: Evidence from the attentional blink

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 458-469

  Visser, Troy A W ^a   Bischof, Walter F ^b   Di Lollo, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033439456     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.125.4.458     Document Type: Article

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