Attentional capacity and cognitive level in the balance task

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-172

  Thomas, Laurence ^b   Pons, Francisco ^b   De Ribaupierre, Anik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

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