Is surface-based orientation influenced by a proportional relationship of shape parameters?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 848-854

  Sturz, Bradley R ^a   Bodily, Kent D ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometry; Hexagon; Orientation; Principal axis; Psychophysical principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053100840     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0111-z     Document Type: Article

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