The impact of task rules on distracter processing: Automatic categorization of irrelevant stimuli

Psychological Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-138

  Reisenauer, Renate ^a   Dreisbach, Gesine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84874105994     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-012-0413-4     Document Type: Article

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