Perspectives on science and art

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 476-482

  Conway, Bevil R ^a   Livingstone, Margaret S ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINA; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ART; COLOR; EMOTIONS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; SCIENCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34948816672     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.010     Document Type: Review

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