A gradual spread of attention during mental curve tracing

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1136-1144

  Houtkamp, R ^a,b   Spekreijse, H ^b   Roelfsema, P R ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0347592195     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194840     Document Type: Article

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