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Pre-exposure of repeated search configurations facilitates subsequent contextual cuing of visual search

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Pre-exposure of repeated search configurations facilitates subsequent contextual cuing of visual search. / Beesley, T.; Vadillo, M.A.; Pearson, D. et al.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2015, p. 348-362.

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Beesley, T, Vadillo, MA, Pearson, D & Shanks, DR 2015, 'Pre-exposure of repeated search configurations facilitates subsequent contextual cuing of visual search', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 348-362. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000033

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Beesley, T., Vadillo, M. A., Pearson, D., & Shanks, D. R. (2015). Pre-exposure of repeated search configurations facilitates subsequent contextual cuing of visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 41(2), 348-362. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000033

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Beesley T, Vadillo MA, Pearson D, Shanks DR. Pre-exposure of repeated search configurations facilitates subsequent contextual cuing of visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2015;41(2):348-362. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000033

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Beesley, T. ; Vadillo, M.A. ; Pearson, D. et al. / Pre-exposure of repeated search configurations facilitates subsequent contextual cuing of visual search. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 2015 ; Vol. 41, No. 2. pp. 348-362.

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