New Perspectives on the Expression of Quantity

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 240-243

  Sanford, Anthony J ^a   Moxey, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Communicating quantities; Language understanding; Product descriptions; Risk portrayal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348157269     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0963-7214.2003.01270.x     Document Type: Review

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