Individual differences effects on the psychological refractory period

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Laguë Beauvais, Maude ^a,b   Gagnon, Christine ^a,b   Castonguay, Nathalie ^a,b   Bherer, Louis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Gender; Individual differences; Neuropsychological predictors; Processing speed; Psychological refractory period

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887309804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-368     Document Type: Article

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