Multitasking, working memory and remembering intentions

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 309-326

  Logie, Robert H ^a   Law, Anna ^b   Trawley, Steven ^a   Nissan, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957849469     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-50-3-4-309     Document Type: Article

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