Detection of symmetry and perceptual organization: The way a lock-and-key process works

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-140

  Bertamini, Marco ^a,b   Friedenberg, Jay D ^a   Kubovy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mirror image; Pr gnanz; Reaction time; Visual discrimination; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0039658651     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(96)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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