The effective time course of preparation

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-55

  Los, Sander A ^a   Schut, Marcus L J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Parallel processing; Preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45449091544     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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