Processing differences between simple and choice reactions affect bottleneck localization in overlapping tasks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-425

  Schubert, Torsten ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0033461906     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.2.408     Document Type: Article

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