Weber-Fechner behavior in symmetry perception?

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1854-1864

  van der Helm, Peter A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 77958505923     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.7.1854     Document Type: Article

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