Are Edges Sufficient for Object Recognition?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 340-349

  Sanocki, Thomas ^a   Bowyer, Kevin W ^b   Heath, Michael D ^b   Sarkar, Sudeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032377366     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.1.340     Document Type: Article

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