What is a visual object?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Feldman, Jacob ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE DOMINANCE; IMAGINATION; REVIEW; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0037527522     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00111-6     Document Type: Review

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