Contour completion and relative depth: Petter's Rule and Support Ratio

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 423-428

  Singh, Manish ^a,b   Hoffman, Donald D ^a   Albert, Marc K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0347092219     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00180     Document Type: Article

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