An associative theory of estimating past dates and past prices

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-56

  Kemp, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ASSOCIATION; COMMERCE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033085026     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03210811     Document Type: Article

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