Computation of surface slant from optic flow: Orthogonal components of speed gradient can be combined

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2369-2379

  Meese, Tim S ^a,b   Harris, Mike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Motion; Optic flow; Psychophysics; Slant; Speed gradient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031239019     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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