"Blue and seven phenomena" among Japanese students

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 532-536

  Saito, Miho ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033203443     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.2.532     Document Type: Article

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