The power of one: A single flanker produces compatibility effects in the episodic flanker task.

The episodic flanker task is an episodic version of the Eriksen and Eriksen (Perception & Psychophysics, 16 (1), 143–149, 1974) perceptual flanker task, showing the same compatibility and distance effects. Subjects are presented with a list followed by a probe display in which one item is cued. The...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 1317 - 1330
Autores principales: Logan, Gordon D., Lindsey, Dakota R. B., Ulrich, Jana E.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2025
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