Temporal preparation facilitates perceptual identification of letters

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1305-1313

  Rolke, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; TIME; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449131188     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.7.1305     Document Type: Article

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