Detection of shape orientation depends on salient axes of symmetry and elongation: Evidence from visual search

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 404-422

  Boutsen, Luc ^a   Marendaz, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FORM PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0035320091     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194408     Document Type: Article

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