Looming responses to obstacles and apertures: The Role of Accretion and Deletion of Background Texture

Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Schmuckler, Mark A ^a   Li, Nicole S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0346072242     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00009     Document Type: Article

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