Aesthetics and the environment

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-174

  Averill, James R ^a   Stanat, Petra ^a   More, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Northeastern Forest Station   (United States)

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EID: 0013401622     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.2.2.153     Document Type: Article

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