Perceiving spatially inseparable objects: Evidence for feature-based object selection not mediated by location

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1556-1567

  Hübner, Ronald ^a,b   Backer, Gerriet ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033254184     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.6.1556     Document Type: Article

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