Can't See the Forest for the Trees? The Effect of Media Multitasking on Cognitive Processing Style

Media Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 425-450

  Kazakova, Snezhanka ^a   Cauberghe, Veroline ^a   Pandelaere, Mario ^a   De Pelsmacker, Patrick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84945490899     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2015.1006789     Document Type: Article

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