Detection of animals in natural images using far peripheral vision

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 869-876

  Thorpe, Simon J ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^b   Fabre Thorpe, Michèle ^a   Bülthoff, Heinrich H ^c  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human performance; Large eccentricities; Natural images; Object vision; Peripheral vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; ANIMAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036421416     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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