Spatial frequency and attention: Effects of level-, target-, and location-repetition on the processing of global and local forms

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 363-373

  Lamb, Marvin R ^a,b   Yund, E William ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030114988     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206812     Document Type: Article

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