Minimal information to determine affine shape equivalence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 443-468

  Wagemans, Johan ^a   Van Gool, Luc ^b   Lamote, Christian ^a   Foster, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034168822     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.2.443     Document Type: Article

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