An exploratory study of the effect of high and low fascination environments on attentional fatigue

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-500

  Berto, R ^a   Baroni, Maria Rosa ^a   Zainaghi, Alessandra ^a   Bettella, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention orienting task; Attentional fatigue; Fascination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149285503     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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