Stimulus size scaling and foveal load as determinants of peripheral target detection

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1433-1452

  Chan, H S ^b   Courtney, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cortical magnification; Foveal load; Lateral masking; Peripheral target detection; Visual search

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INSPECTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CORTICAL MAGNIFICATION; FOVEAL LOAD; PERIPHERAL TARGET DETECTION; STIMULUS SIZE SCALING; VISUAL SEARCH;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; RETINA FOVEA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032189064     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186199     Document Type: Article

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