Interactions between perceptual organization based on Gestalt laws and those based on hierarchical processing

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1287-1298

  Han, Shihui ^a,b,c   Humphreys, Glyn W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033211353     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206180     Document Type: Article

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