Contour-based object identification and segmentation: Stimuli, norms and data, and software tools

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 604-624

  De Winter, Joeri ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 13844281653     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206541     Document Type: Article

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