The effects of instructions on human matching

Psychological Record

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-181

  Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Shimakura, Tohru ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032375639     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395264     Document Type: Article

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