Kanizsa Subjective Figures Can Act as Occluding Surfaces at Parallel Stages of Visual Search

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-184

  Davis, Greg ^a   Driver, Jon ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032380069     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.1.169     Document Type: Article

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