Extracting meaning from sound: Nomic mappings, everyday listening, and perceiving object size from frequency

Psychological Record

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-364

  Coward, Sean W ^a   Stevens, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 4344652304     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395478     Document Type: Article

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