I.--STATISTICS OF MENTAL IMAGERY
1880/07/01 by F. GALTON · 280 citations
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Aesthetic Perception and Analysis #Cognition #Galton's problem #History of Science and Medicine #Mathematics #Mental image #Psychiatry #Psychology #Statistics
paper · doi:10.1093/mind/os-v.19.301
published in Mind os-V(19), 301-318 (Oxford University Press)
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Abstract
Journal Article I.—STATISTICS OF MENTAL IMAGERY Get access FRANCIS GALTON FRANCIS GALTON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mind, Volume os-V, Issue 19, 1 July 1880, Pages 301–318, 10.1093/mind/os-V.19.301 Published: 01 July 1880
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