Hierarchical motion organization in random dot configurations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1371-1386

  Bertamini, Marco ^a,b   Proffitt, Dennis R ^c  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034243195     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.4.1371     Document Type: Article

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