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Overt attention in contextual cuing of visual search is driven by the attentional set, but not by the predictiveness of distractors

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Overt attention in contextual cuing of visual search is driven by the attentional set, but not by the predictiveness of distractors. / Beesley, Tom; Hanafi, Gunadi; Vadillo, Miguel A. et al.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol. 44, No. 5, 01.05.2018, p. 707-721.

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Beesley, T, Hanafi, G, Vadillo, MA, Shanks, DR & Livesey, EJ 2018, 'Overt attention in contextual cuing of visual search is driven by the attentional set, but not by the predictiveness of distractors', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 707-721. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000467

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Beesley, T., Hanafi, G., Vadillo, M. A., Shanks, D. R., & Livesey, E. J. (2018). Overt attention in contextual cuing of visual search is driven by the attentional set, but not by the predictiveness of distractors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(5), 707-721. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000467

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Beesley T, Hanafi G, Vadillo MA, Shanks DR, Livesey EJ. Overt attention in contextual cuing of visual search is driven by the attentional set, but not by the predictiveness of distractors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2018 May 1;44(5):707-721. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000467

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Beesley, Tom ; Hanafi, Gunadi ; Vadillo, Miguel A. et al. / Overt attention in contextual cuing of visual search is driven by the attentional set, but not by the predictiveness of distractors. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2018 ; Vol. 44, No. 5. pp. 707-721.

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