The force of symmetry revisited: Symmetry-to-noise ratios regulate (a)symmetry effects

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-250

  Csathó, Árpád ^a,b   van der Vloed, Gert ^a   van der Helm, Peter A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Signal to noise ratio; Symmetry; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; NOISE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 6444241418     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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