Further Cross-National Studies of Tree Form Preference

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Sommer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031486995     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326969eco0902_3     Document Type: Article

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