Salience of primary and secondary colours in infancy

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-483

  Franklin, Anna ^a   Pitchford, Nicola ^b   Hart, Lynsey ^a   Davies, Ian R ^a   Clausse, Samantha ^a   Jennings, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65749221121     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151007X256672     Document Type: Article

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