Processing limits of selective attention and working memory: Potential implications for interpreting

Interpreting

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-146

  Cowan, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84989382864     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.5.2.05cow     Document Type: Article

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