Symmetry detection and orientation perception: Electrocortical responses to stimuli with real and implicit axes of orientation

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 128-133

  Beh, Helen C ^a   Latimer, Cyril R ^a  

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EID: 0031330234     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049539708260455     Document Type: Article

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