Empirical evaluation of the axioms of multiplicativity, commutativity, and monotonicity in ratio production of area

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-216

  Augustin, Thomas ^a   Maier, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Commutativity; Direct scaling; Monotonicity; Multiplicativity; Ratio production; Scale type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 49349111266     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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