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. 1974 Nov 22;186(4165):752-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.186.4165.752.

Visual detection of line segments: an object-superiority effect

N Weisstein, C S Harris

Visual detection of line segments: an object-superiority effect

N Weisstein et al. Science. .

Abstract

Observers identified a briefly flashed line segment more accurately when it was part of a drawing that looked unitary and three-dimensional than when the line was in one of several less coherent flat designs.

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