Role of working-memory capacity in cognitive control

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Engle, Randall W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77957711894     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650572     Document Type: Article

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