Perceptual load modulates the processing of distractors presented at task-irrelevant locations during the attentional blink

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2106-2114

  Elliott, James C ^a   Giesbrecht, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78649718095     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196687     Document Type: Article

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