Inspection times and the selection task: What do eye-movements reveal about relevance effects?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1053-1077

  Ball, Linden J ^a   Lucas, Erica J ^b   Miles, Jeremy N V ^c   Gale, Alastair G ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345060447     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000729     Document Type: Article

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