Attention and estimated line length

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 831-842

  Masin, Sergio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0042723923     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.3.831     Document Type: Article

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