Second-order motion perception in peripheral vision: Limits of early filtering

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3145-3154

  Wang, Yi Zhong ^a   Hess, Robert F ^a   Baker, Curtis L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peripheral vision; Sampling; Second order motion; Spatial filtering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISION;

EID: 0031457463     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.003145     Document Type: Article

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