Perceptual coupling of multiple point-light figures

Visual Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-615

  Vanrie, Jan ^a   Verfaillie, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 46949109199     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280701269334     Document Type: Article

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