Neural dynamics of motion grouping: From aperture ambiguity to object speed and direction

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2570-2594

  Chey, Jonathan ^a   Grossberg, Stephen ^a   Mingolla, Ennio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture problem; Attention; Directional grouping; Neural network; Speed perception; Vision, motion perception; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000163223     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.002570     Document Type: Article

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