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Is there any difference between attribute- and object-based psychophysics?

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Commentary onLockheadGregory R. (1992) Psychophysical scaling: Judgments of attributes or objects?BBS 15:543–601.

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Jüri Allik
Jüri Allik*
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Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia EE-2400. allik@psych.ut.ee
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 757 - 759
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