Experiments on the Fehrer-Raab effect and the 'Weather Station Model' of visual backward masking

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 667-677

  Neumann, Odmar ^a   Scharlau, Ingrid ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548627452     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0055-5     Document Type: Article

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