Visual short-term memory of local information in briefly viewed natural scenes: Configural and non-configural factors

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Velisavljević, Ljiljana ^a   Elder, James H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color; Configural cues; Context effect; Natural scenes; Visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

COLOR; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58049117326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.16.8     Document Type: Article

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