Attention and Cognitive Resource Load in Training Strategies

Training Cognition: Optimizing Efficiency, Durability, and Generalizability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 67-88

  Wickens, Chris ^a   Hutchins, Shaun ^b   Carolan, Tom ^b   Cumming, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AlionSciences ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203816783     Document Type: Chapter

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