When does perception facilitate or interfere with conceptual processing? The effect of attentional modulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Connell, Louise ^a   Lynott, Dermot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84870952630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00474     Document Type: Article

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