Reversing the attention effect in figure-ground perception: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1199-1201

  Huang, Liqiang ^a   Pashler, Harold ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70350591213     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02424.x     Document Type: Article

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