The effect of novel distractors on performance in focused attention tasks: A cognitive-psychophysiological approach

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-575

  Gronau, Nurit ^a   Sequerra, Einat ^b   Cohen, Asher ^b   Ben Shakhar, Gershon ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

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EID: 33845358082     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193964     Document Type: Article

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