Automaticity versus timesharing in timing and tracking dual-task performance

Psychological Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-81

  Brown, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 0039595636     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260050014     Document Type: Article

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