Amodal completion of unconsciously presented objects

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1188-1194

  Emmanouil, Tatiana Aloi ^a,c   Ro, Tony ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptual organization; Priming; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930817869     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0590-9     Document Type: Article

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