Emergence of perceptual gestalts in the human visual cortex: The case of the configural-superiority effect

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1296-1303

  Kubilius, Jonas ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Op de Beeck, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

neuroimaging; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053550194     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611417000     Document Type: Article

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