Human discrimination of the implicit orientation of simple symmetrical patterns

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 565-572

  Li, Wu ^a   Westheimer, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding symmetry; Explicit contour; Implicit orientation; Oblique effect; Orientation discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031106888     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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