On the benefits of transient attention across the visual field

Perception

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 747-764

  Kristjánsson, Árni ^a   Sigurdardottir, Heida Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46449098572     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5922     Document Type: Article

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