Motion coherence thresholds in infants - Different tasks identify at least two distinct motion systems

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1149-1157

  Mason, A J S ^a   Braddick, O J ^a   Wattam Bell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant vision; Motion coherence; Motion processing; Optokinetic nystagmus; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0037403258     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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