The language of magnitude comparison

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 510-520

  Matthews, William J ^a   Dylman, Alexandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative judgment; Language; Magnitude comparison

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; SEMANTICS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893390910     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034143     Document Type: Article

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