The effect of language on visual contrast sensitivity

Perception

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1402-1412

  Pelekanos, Vassilis ^a   Moutoussis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84856727448     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7010     Document Type: Article

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