Relax! Cognitive strategy influences visual search

Visual Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 4-8, 2006, Pages 543-564

  Smilek, Daniel ^a   Enns, James T ^a   Eastwood, John ^b   Merikle, Philip M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 33745819286     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280500193487     Document Type: Article

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