Grounding the figure: Surface attachment influences figure-ground organization

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-569

  Vecera, Shaun P ^a,c   Palmer, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 33845361118     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193963     Document Type: Article

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