Global and local perceptual style, field-independence, and central coherence: An attempt at concept validation.

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-26

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Szczerbinski, Marcin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central coherence; Closure flexibility; Factor analysis; Field independence; Global local perception; Perceptual style; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149174942     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0062-8     Document Type: Article

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