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Chapter 9 - Sensation and Perception: Why Culture Matters

from Biological Connections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

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William L. Phillips
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Kenneth D. Keith
Kenneth D. Keith
Affiliation:
University of San Diego
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
 , pp. 206 - 220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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