Spatial selection in peripheral letter recognition: In search of boundary conditions

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-123

  Huckauf, Anke ^a   Heller, Dieter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; Flanker effects; Lateral masking; Letter recognition; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 10644226146     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(02)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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