The effects of visual discomfort and pattern structure on visual search

Perception

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-33

  Conlon, Elizabeth ^b   Lovegrove, William ^a   Hine, Trevor ^b   Chekaluk, Eugene ^b   Piatek, Kerry ^a   Hayes Williams, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASTHENOPIA; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031603957     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p270021     Document Type: Article

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