A psychometric approach to intuitive physics

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 740-745

  Riener, Cedar ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a   Salthouse, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 31044456519     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196766     Document Type: Article

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