Effective analysis of reaction time data

Psychological Record

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-482

  Whelan, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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EID: 50949092411     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395630     Document Type: Article

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