Task-dependent costs in processing two simultaneous auditory stimuli

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 757-771

  Gallun, Frederick J ^a,b   Mason, Christine R ^a   Kidd Jr , Gerald ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 34648831914     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193777     Document Type: Article

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