The Role of Interior Design Elements in Human Responses to Crowding

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Evans, Gary W ^a,d   Lepore, Stephen J ^b   Schroeder, Alex ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0030541863     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.1.41     Document Type: Article

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