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object superiority effect: a standalone construct

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Face and object perception

a line segment is detected more accurately when it forms part of a coherent three-dimensional object than when shown alone or in a flat pattern.

In face and object perception, object superiority effect refers to a line segment is detected more accurately when it forms part of a coherent three-dimensional object than when shown alone or in a flat pattern. This meaning comes from Weisstein (1974) in Science.[1]

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face3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs line4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs object4 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Weisstein, N., & Harris, C. S. (1974). Visual Detection of Line Segments: An Object-Superiority Effect. Science, 186(4165), 752-755. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4165.752

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