Detection of symmetry and repetition in one and two objects: Structures versus strategies

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-17

  Koning, Arno ^a,b   Wagemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 D object perception; Figure ground organization; Perceptual grouping; Repetition; Structural coding; Symmetry; Visual regularity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749129960     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.1.5     Document Type: Article

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