Contour symmetry detection: The influence of axis orientation and number of objects

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Friedenberg, Jay ^a   Bertamini, Marco ^b  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mirror image; Reaction time; Visual discrimination; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0347744913     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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