Independent Sampling of Features Enables Conscious Perception of Bound Objects

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1168-1175

  Vul, Edward ^a   Rich, Anina N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

binding; probabilistic cognition; sampling; visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149431828     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610377341     Document Type: Article

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