A Computational Theory of Executive Cognitive Processes and Multiple-Task Performance: Part 2. Accounts of Psychological Refractory-Period Phenomena

Psychological Review

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 749-791

  Meyer, David E ^a   Kieras, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Michigan   (United States)

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EID: 0037777367     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.104.4.749     Document Type: Article

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