Exogenous Spatial Attention Influences Figure-Ground Assignment

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-26

  Vecera, Shaun P ^a,b   Flevaris, Anastasia V ^a   Filapek, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 1442327390     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.01501004.x     Document Type: Article

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