Optimal spatial frequencies for discrimination of motion direction in optic flow patterns

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3175-3185

  Kim, Jeounghoon ^a   Turano, Kathleen A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curved motion; Direction discrimination; Motion; Optic flow; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TUNING CURVE; VELOCITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033028275     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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