Contour Integration Across Spatial Frequency

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1629-1648

  Persike, Malte ^a   Olzak, Lynn A ^b   Meinhardt, Günter ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

closure; contour integration; grouping; spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 73649115253     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016473     Document Type: Article

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