Visual masking: Past accomplishments, present status, future developments

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-20

  Breitmeyer, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Masking; Neural networks; Nonconscious conscious processing; Object perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 38449117218     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0010-7     Document Type: Article

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