The effect of target contrast on the attentional blink

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 770-788

  Chua, Fook K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 27844578696     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193532     Document Type: Review

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