The labeled dissimilarity scale: A metric of perceptual dissimilarity

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 152-161

  Kurtz, Daniel B ^a,b   White, Theresa L ^a   Hayes, Meghan ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033629188     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212068     Document Type: Article

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