Metacontrast masking functions: A question of speed?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 936-947

  Lachter, Joel ^a   Durgin, Frank H ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033424549     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.4.936     Document Type: Article

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