The judgment operation of ratio production

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Masin, Sergio Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 34447338640     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194448     Document Type: Article

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