The effect of heightened levels of physiological arousal on neuropsychological measures of attention in a nonclinical sample

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-243

  Crowe, Simon F ^a   Hale, Matthew ^b   Dean, Sarah ^b   El Hadj, Diana ^b   Macdonell, Gavin ^b   Sarkissian, Georgina ^b   Wrigley, Sarah ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035541331     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060108259661     Document Type: Article

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