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How Do People Perform an Inspection Time Task? An Examination of Visual Illusions, Task Experience, and Blinking Cover

How Do People Perform an Inspection Time Task? An Examination of Visual Illusions, Task Experience, and Blinking

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|Sep 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.123 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 16, 2019
Accepted on: Aug 31, 2020
Published on: Sep 30, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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