Conceptual information about size of objects in nouns

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1022-1044

  Setti, Annalisa ^a   Caramelli, Nicoletta ^a   Borghi, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Conceptual knowledge; Size.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956348176     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440802469499     Document Type: Article

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