The Interface Theory of Perception

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1480-1506

  Hoffman, Donald D ^a   Singh, Manish ^b   Prakash, Chetan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference and parameter estimation; Evolution; Perceptual categorization and identification; Perceptual learning; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84947038068     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-015-0890-8     Document Type: Article

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