Motion detection and the coincidence of structure at high and low spatial frequencies

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-383

  Bex, Peter J ^a   Dakin, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dmax; Dmin; Edges; Features; Motion; Random dot kinematogram; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0037301956     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00497-2     Document Type: Article

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