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The Time-Course of the Last-Presented Benefit in Working Memory: Shifts in the Content of the Focus of Attention

Journal of Cognition
Volume 5 (2022): Issue 1
By: Beatrice Valentini,  Kim Uittenhove and  Evie Vergauwe  
Open Access
|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.199 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
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Language: English
Submitted on: May 25, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 27, 2021
Published on: Jan 7, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
working memory,
focus of attention

© 2022 Beatrice Valentini, Kim Uittenhove, Evie Vergauwe, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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