Average orientation is more accessible through object boundaries than surface features

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-588

  Choo, Heeyoung ^a   Levinthal, Brian R ^a   Franconeri, Steven L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary features; Orientation averaging; Summary representations; Surface features

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867390632     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026284     Document Type: Article

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