The Orthogenetic Principle in the Perception of "Forests" and "Trees"?

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-48

  Enns, James T ^a   Burack, Jacob A ^b   Iarocci, Grace ^b   Randolph, Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global perception; Local perception; Othogenic principle; Perceptual development; Visual attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034418576     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009503118377     Document Type: Article

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