Extensive performance on the antisaccade task does not lead to negative transfer

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 923-929

  Brewer, Gene A ^a   Spillers, Gregory J ^b   McMillan, Brittany ^b   Unsworth, Nash ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053097610     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0130-9     Document Type: Article

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