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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Volume 30, 1978 - Issue 1
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The symbolic distance effect for alphabetic order judgements: A subjective report and reaction time analysis

J. M. E. Hamilton Department of Psychology, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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A. J. Sanford Department of Psychology, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Pages 33-41 | Received 07 Apr 1977, Published online: 21 Jun 2007

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