Representation of shape in individuals from a culture with minimal exposure to regular, simple artifacts: Sensitivity to nonaccidental versus metric properties

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1437-1442

  Biederman, Irving ^a   Yue, Xiaomin ^b   Davidoff, Jules ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74549145535     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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