Textured backgrounds alter perceived speed

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 629-638

  Blakemore, Mark R ^a   Snowden, Robert J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background texture; Contrast; Perceived speed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033976018     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00214-X     Document Type: Article

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