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Search guidance is proportional to the categorical specificity of a target cue

Joseph Schmidt Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Gregory J. Zelinsky Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1904-1914 | Received 04 Nov 2008, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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