The effects of variation of an irrelevant dimension on same - different visual judgments

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Ballesteros, Soledad ^a   Manga, Dionisio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Integral separate dimensions; Mental transformation; Pattern matching; Perceived structure; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 0030163833     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(95)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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