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Original Articles

Relative speed of processing affects interference in Stroop and picture–word interference paradigms: evidence from the distractor frequency effect

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Pages 1100-1114 | Received 05 Jun 2012, Accepted 11 Sep 2013, Published online: 06 Oct 2013

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