Axis of Elongation Can Determine Reference Frames for Object Perception

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-278

  Sekuler, Allison B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030226436     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1196-1961.50.3.270     Document Type: Article

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