The reference frame of figure-ground assignment

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 909-915

  Vecera, Shaun P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b The University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 19644372839     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196720     Document Type: Article

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