Spatial attention is driven by mental simulations

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Van Dantzig, Saskia ^a   Pecher, Diane ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867130969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00040     Document Type: Article

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