Color red in web-based knowledge testing
@article{Gnambs2010ColorRI,
title={Color red in web-based knowledge testing},
author={Timo Gnambs and Markus Appel and Bernad Batinic},
journal={Comput. Hum. Behav.},
year={2010},
volume={26},
pages={1625-1631},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17764339}
}82 Citations
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