The influence of adaptation and stochastic fluctuations on spontaneous perceptual changes for bistable stimuli

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-522

  Hock, Howard S ^a   Schöner, Gregor ^b   Voss, Audrey ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0031135317     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211860     Document Type: Article

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