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Normative ratings for perceptual and motor attributes of 750 object concepts in Spanish

Antonio M Díez-Álamo1,2, Emiliano Díez3, María Ángeles Alonso4

  • 1INICO, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. antonio_diez_alamo@usal.es.

Behavior Research Methods
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ConceptsMotorPerceptualRatingsSpanish normsSurvival

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