Smoothness of the velocity field and three-dimensional surface detection from optic flow

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-369

  Andersen, George J ^a   Atchley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NOISE; VISUAL ACUITY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NOISE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031110129     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211903     Document Type: Article

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