The neurophysiology of attention and object recognition in visual scenes

Scene Vision: Making Sense of What We See

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 85-103

  Brooks, Daniel I ^a   Sigurdardottir, Heida Maria ^a   Sheinberg, David L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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