Perception of linear and nonlinear trends: Using slope and curvature information to make trend discriminations

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 707-721

  Best, Lisa A ^a   Smith, Laurence D ^b   Stubbs, D Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; DATA DISPLAY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECORDS; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547280270     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.3.707-721     Document Type: Article

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