The oblique effect in orientation acuity

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Heeley, D W ^a   Buchanan Smith, H M ^b   Cromwell, J A ^a   Wright, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meridional anisotropy; Oblique effect; Orientation acuity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031016125     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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