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Preparatory Switches of Auditory Spatial and Non-Spatial Attention Among Simultaneous Voices

By: Aureliu Lavric and  Elisa Schmied  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.412 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 7, 2024
Accepted on: Oct 17, 2024
Published on: Jan 6, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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