Does the asymmetry effect inflate the temporal expansion of odd stimuli?

Psychological Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Seifried, Tanja ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 72149107126     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-008-0187-x     Document Type: Article

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