Automatic focusing of attention on object size and shape

Psicologica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-160

  Galera, Cesar ^a   Von Grünau, Michael ^b   Panagopoulos, Afroditi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 14544283627     PISSN: 02112159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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