Visual images preserve metric spatial information: evidence from studies of image scanning.

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• Publication year

  1978

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

• Publication date

  1978-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0096-1523.4.1.47PMID 627850
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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