Range effects of an irrelevant dimension on classification

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1624-1645

  Huettel, Scott A ^a   Lockhead, Gregory R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033220476     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03213123     Document Type: Article

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