Pitch perception and retention: Two cumulative benefits of selective attention

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 609-617

  Demany, Laurent ^a,b   Montandon, Gaspard ^a   Semal, Catherine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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EID: 4544232389     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194905     Document Type: Article

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