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A Critique of the Attentional Window Account of Capture Failures

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|Jul 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.270 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 12, 2023
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Accepted on: Mar 26, 2023
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Published on: Jul 6, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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