Perceived complexity and the grouping effect in band patterns

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-244

  Strother, Lars ^a   Kubovy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Grouping; Perceptual organization; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VISION;

FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VIRGINIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345133261     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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