Preferring the One in the Middle: Further Evidence for the Centre-stage Effect

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-222

  Rodway, Paul ^a   Schepman, Astrid ^a   Lambert, Jordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCATION PREFERENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84857796378     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1812     Document Type: Article

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