Detection of Smooth Three-Dimensional Surfaces from Optic Flow

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 945-957

  Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH;

EID: 0030210377     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.4.945     Document Type: Article

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