Biological Motion Perception

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 231-238

  Troje, N F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Global motion; Local motion; Perceptual organization; Social recognition; Superior temporal sulcus; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882502593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00314-5     Document Type: Chapter

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