On the origin of mixing costs: Exploring information processing in pure and mixed blocks of trials

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-188

  Los, Sander A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blocked mixed design; Endogenous control; Exogenous control; Mixing costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244491316     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(95)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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