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Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm.

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Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm. / Dean, Graham M.; Dewhurst, Steve A.; Morris, Peter E. et al.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol. 31, No. 5-6, 09.2005, p. 1043-1068.

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Dean, GM, Dewhurst, SA, Morris, PE & Whittaker, A 2005, 'Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm.', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 31, no. 5-6, pp. 1043-1068. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1043

APA

Dean, G. M., Dewhurst, S. A., Morris, P. E., & Whittaker, A. (2005). Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31(5-6), 1043-1068. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1043

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Dean GM, Dewhurst SA, Morris PE, Whittaker A. Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2005 Sept;31(5-6):1043-1068. doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1043

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Dean, Graham M. ; Dewhurst, Steve A. ; Morris, Peter E. et al. / Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2005 ; Vol. 31, No. 5-6. pp. 1043-1068.

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