The rod-and-frame effect: The whole is less than the sum of its parts

Perception

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 699-716

  Li, Wenxun ^a   Matin, Leonard ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 22544478836     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5411     Document Type: Article

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