Shape constancy and a perceptual bias towards symmetry
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Perceptual Constancy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Perception & Psychophysics
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0031-5117,1532-5962
DOI: 10.3758/bf03204219