Out with the old: Inhibition of old items in a preview search is limited

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1552-1557

  Emrich, Stephen M ^a   Ruppel, Justin D N ^a   Al Aidroos, Naseem ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a   Ferber, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149396907     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.8.1552     Document Type: Article

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