Distributed versus focused attention (count vs estimate)

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-638

  Chong, Sang C ^a   Evans, Karla K ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 80054745762     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.136     Document Type: Review

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