Does media multitasking always hurt? A positive correlation between multitasking and multisensory integration

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 647-653

  Lui, Kelvin F H ^a   Wong, Alan C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attention; Media multitasking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864107472     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0245-7     Document Type: Article

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