Red is a distractor for men in competition

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-293

  Ioan, Silvia ^a   Sandulache, Miriam ^a   Avramescu, Sinziana ^b   Ilie, Andrei ^a   Neacsu, Alexandru ^a   Zagrean, Leon ^a   Moldovan, Mihai ^a,c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender; Human performance; Red color; Stroop color word test

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34250656129     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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