Virtually no evidence for virtually perfect time-sharing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 795-810

  Tombu, Michael ^a,c   Jolicœur, Pierre ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4744345940     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.5.795     Document Type: Article

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