The role of lines and corners of geometric figures in recognition performance

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-368

  Shevelev, Igor A ^a   Kamenkovich, Viktorina M ^a   Sharaev, George A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Comers; Figures; Lines; Masking; Perception; Recognition; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0344664400     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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