Rotating objects to determine orientation, not identity: Evidence from a backward-masking/dual-task procedure

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1356-1366

  De Caro, Stefano A ^a   Reeves, Adam ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0034295348     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212138     Document Type: Article

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