Evidence against signal enhancement as a mechanism of direct selection by color

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-476

  Vierck, Esther ^a   Miller, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34547407194     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193767     Document Type: Article

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