Seeing two sides at once: Effects of viewpoint and object structure on recognizing three-dimensional objects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1468-1484

  Johnson, Scott H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

HUMANS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047681084     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.6.1468     Document Type: Article

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