Distraction as a determinant of processing speed

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-625

  Lustig, Cindy ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^b,c   Tonev, Simon T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845366137     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193972     Document Type: Article

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