Précis to a practical unified theory of cognition and action: Some lessons from EPIC computational models of human multiple-task performance

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Attention and Performance

• Publication date

  1997-06-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.7551/mitpress/1480.003.0007
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