Time perception: The bad news and the good

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 429-446

  Matthews, William J ^a   Meck, Warren H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903156225     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1298     Document Type: Article

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