Cortical image density determines the probability of target discovery during active search

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10-12, 2000, Pages 1311-1322

  Motter, B C ^a,b   Holsapple, J W ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active search; Cortical image density; Target discovery

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROWDING; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033996894     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00218-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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