The effect of spatial frequency on global precedence and hemispheric differences

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-201

  Hübner, Ronald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031067340     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211888     Document Type: Article

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