Coincidence detectors: Visual processing of a pair of lines and implications for shape discrimination

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 59-74

  Kohly, R P ^a   Regan, D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curvature; Edge detection; Form perception; Orientation; Position; Spatial attention; Spatial vision; Width

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MODEL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADULT; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0033661011     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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