Pictorial perception: Individual and group differences within the human species

Picture Perception in Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 397-429

  Deręgowski, Jan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Development; Perception; Pictures; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347556819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203782880-21     Document Type: Chapter

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