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The Enclosing Contour Effect: Some Additional Remarks

Perceptual and Motor Skills

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First published online February, 1962

The Enclosing Contour Effect: Some Additional Remarks

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Volume 14, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1962.14.1.132

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References

Craik

K. J. W.

Zangwell

O. L.

Observations relating to the threshold of a small figure within the contour of a closed-line figure. Brit. J. Psychol., 1939, 30, 139–150.

Vernon

M. D.

Comment on “The enclosing contour effect.”

Percept. Mot. Skills, 1961, 13, 334.

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Calvin

A. D.

The enclosing contour effect. Percept. Mot. Skills, 1961, 13, 75–81.

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