How attention partitions itself during simultaneous message presentations

Human Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-336

  Bergen, Lori ^a   Grimes, Tom ^a   Potter, Deborah ^b,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NewsLab ^*

^c NewsLab   (United States)

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EID: 26444445084     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hcr/31.3.311     Document Type: Article

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