Attentional set for axis of symmetry in symmetry-defined visual search

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1153-1162

  Niimi, Ryosuke ^a,d   Yokosawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Katsumi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d University of 7 3 1 Kongo   (Japan)

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EID: 33947502625     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193717     Document Type: Article

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