The attentional blink across stimulus modalities: Evidence for central processing limitations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 630-648

  Arnell, Karen M ^a,c   Jolicœur, Pierre ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040212684     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.3.630     Document Type: Article

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