Evidence for multistability in the visual perception of pigeons

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2177-2186

  Vetter, G ^a   Haynes, J D ^a   Pfaff, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Apparent motion; Multistability; Pigeon; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICS; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; MOTION PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0034237592     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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