The history of dipper functions

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-443

  Solomon, Joshua A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HEARING; HISTORY; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65549139838     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.3.435     Document Type: Article

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