Sex differences in colour preference

Progress in Colour Studies

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 173-188

  Ling, Yazhu ^a   Hurlbert, Anya ^a   Robinson, Lucy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1075/z.pics2     Document Type: Chapter

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