Sampling efficiency and internal noise for motion detection, discrimination, and summation

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2125-2132

  Simpson, William A ^a   Falkenberg, Helle K ^b   Manahilov, Velitchko ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideal observer; Motion detection; Motion discrimination; Visual motion perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SAMPLING; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0037633773     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00336-5     Document Type: Article

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