Numerosity-length interference: A stroop experiment

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-297

  Dormal, Valérie ^a   Pesenti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Length; Numerosity; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34748846873     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.54.4.289     Document Type: Article

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