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Mechanisms of Cognitive Change: Training Improves the Quality But Not the Quantity of Visual Working Memory Representations

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.306 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2023
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Accepted on: Jun 24, 2023
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Published on: Jul 17, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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