A perceptually completed whole is less than the sum of its parts

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1206-1217

  Gold, Jason M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information integration; Perceptual organization; Visual completion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904736871     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614530725     Document Type: Article

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