Stimulus uncertainty affects velocity discrimination

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1265-1272

  Chen, Yue ^a   Bedell, Harold E ^b   Frishman, Laura J ^b   Levi, Dennis M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Noise; Uncertainty; Velocity discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032080168     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00282-4     Document Type: Article

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