Visual perception and consciousness in dermatopathology: Mechanisms of figure-ground segregation account for errors in diagnosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Böer, Almut ^a  

^a DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatopathology; Diagnosis; Figure ground segregation; Gestalt; Misdiagnosis; Pathology; Perception

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TRICHOBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DERMATOLOGY; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CONSCIOUSNESS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62349126952     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318047bb40     Document Type: Review

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