Determining the dimensionality in spatial representations of semantic concepts

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-438

  Verheyen, Steven ^a,c   Ameel, Eef ^a,b,c   Storms, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 34948878592     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193012     Document Type: Article

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