Unequal Weber fractions for the categorization of brief temporal intervals

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1422-1430

  Grondin, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957683259     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.5.1422     Document Type: Article

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