Are colours special? An examination of the female advantage for speeded colour naming

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-35

  Saucier, Deborah M ^a   Elias, Lorin J ^a   Nylen, Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colour discrimination; Colour naming; Human sex differences; Shape naming; Vocal onset latency

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442480691     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00234-8     Document Type: Article

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