Increasing distractor strength improves accuracy

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Sheremata, Summer ^a,c   Sakagami, Masamichi ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33746658093     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.2.509-516     Document Type: Article

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