Coarse blobs or fine edges? Evidence that information diagnosticity changes the perception of complex visual stimuli

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-107

  Oliva, Aude ^a   Schyns, Philippe G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031252659     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1997.0667     Document Type: Article

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