Spatial-frequency tuning of visual contour integration

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

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1486-1499

  Dakin, S C ^a   Hess, R F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; VISION;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032086509     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.001486     Document Type: Article

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