A comparison of the dynamics of simple (Fourier) and complex (non- Fourier) mechanisms in texture segregation

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1943-1962

  Sutter, Anne ^a   Hwang, Debra ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier; Non Fourier; Processing dynamics; Texture perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

EID: 0032893255     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00241-7     Document Type: Article

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