The primacy of beauty in judging the aesthetics of objects

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 1253-1260

  Jacobsen, Thomas ^a   Buchta, Katharina ^a   Köhler, Michael ^a   Schröger, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 4644228890     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1253-1260     Document Type: Article

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