Inefficient conjunction search made efficient by concurrent spoken delivery of target identity

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 959-974

  Reali, Florencia ^a   Spivey, Michael J ^a   Tyler, Melinda J ^a   Terranova, Joseph ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 33845711559     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193358     Document Type: Article

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