A Structural Account of Global and Local Processing

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-316

  Love, Bradley C ^b   Rouder, Jeffrey N ^c   Wisniewski, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0033088854     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1998.0697     Document Type: Article

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