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Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-323

  Halkjelsvik, Torleif ^a   Jørgensen, Magne ^a   Teigen, Karl Halvor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 79953064682     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1693     Document Type: Article

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