Spatial interactions with real and gap-induced illusory lines in vernier acuity

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 597-604

  Greene, Harold H ^a   Brown, James M ^b  

^a Morris Brown College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast polarity; Illusory lines; Localization; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION MAKING; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

HUMANS; LIGHT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031106883     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00186-1     Document Type: Article

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