The use of optical velocities for distance discrimination and reproduction during visually simulated self motion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Bremmer, F ^a   Lappe, M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance discrimination; Distance reproduction; Optic flow; Path integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033067777     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050771     Document Type: Article

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