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Strategic and automatic effects of visual working memory on attention in visual search

Yanmei Hu Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Zhan Xu Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Graham J. Hitch Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK
Pages 799-816 | Received 08 Jan 2011, Accepted 06 May 2011, Published online: 07 Jul 2011

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