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The role of working memory in auditory selective attention

Polly Dalton Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Valerio Santangelo Department of Human and Educational Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
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Charles Spence Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Pages 2126-2132 | Received 26 Aug 2008, Published online: 23 Sep 2009

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