The effects of a task-irrelevant visual event on spatial working memory

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1066-1071

  Van Der Stigchel, Stefan ^a,b   Merten, Hanneke ^a   Meeter, Martijn ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 38149112737     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193092     Document Type: Article

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