Object recognition from point-light stimuli: Evidence of covariation structures in conceptual representation

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 567-591

  Richardson, Ken ^a   Webster, David S ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842790440     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1996.tb02609.x     Document Type: Article

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