Wholes and subparts in visual processing of human agency

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1658, 2012, Pages 861-869

  Neri, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Inversion effect; Recognition by parts

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; LIMB; MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL; VISION;

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 63849287868     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1363     Document Type: Article

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