Distance and ratio effects in the flanker task are due to different mechanisms

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1745-1763

  Mattler, Uwe ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748495323     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500344494     Document Type: Article

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