Cross-cultural differences in colour vision: Acquired 'colour-blindness' in Africa

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1153-1162

  Davies, Ian R L ^a   Laws, Glynis ^a   Corbett, Greville G ^a   Jerrett, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039995067     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00150-0     Document Type: Article

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