What comes before psychophysics? the problem of 'what we perceive' and the phenomenological exploration of new effects

Seeing and Perceiving

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 463-481

  Pinna, Baingio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gestalt psychology; Perceptual organization; Phenomenology; Psychophysics; Visual illusions

Indexed keywords

GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ILLUSIONS;

PHYSICS;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79851477948     PISSN: 18784755     EISSN: 18784763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187847510X541144     Document Type: Article

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