Disambiguating ambiguous figures by selective attention

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 25-37

  Tsal, Yehoshua ^a   Kolbet, Lori ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645415987     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640748508400950     Document Type: Article

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