On discriminating between geometric strategies of surface-based orientation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

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

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric strategies; Medial axis; Orientation; Principal axis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867136677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00112     Document Type: Note

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