The perceptual salience of symmetrical and asymmetrical sections of a line

Perception

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1026-1042

  Stucchi, Natale ^a   Graci, Valentina ^b   Toneatto, Carlo ^a   Scocchia, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

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EID: 77955820600     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6665     Document Type: Article

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