Observation: Three reasons to avoid having half of the trials be congruent in a four-alternative forced-choice experiment on sequential modulation

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 750-757

  Mordkoff, J Toby ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive control; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864089132     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0257-3     Document Type: Article

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