
How Do People Perform an Inspection Time Task? An Examination of Visual Illusions, Task Experience, and Blinking
By: Yke Bauke Eisma and Joost de Winter
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Submitted on: Oct 16, 2019
Accepted on: Aug 31, 2020
Published on: Sep 30, 2020
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