Visual selection contributes to artists' advantages in realistic drawing

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-102

  Kozbelt, Aaron ^a   Seidel, Angelika ^a   ElBassiouny, Amanda ^a   Mark, Yelena ^a   Owen, David R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Artists; Drawing; Schemata; Visual attention; Visual realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955547626     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017657     Document Type: Article

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