Visual sensitivity in search tasks depends on the response requirement

Spatial Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 277-293

  Gilchrist, Iain D ^a   Heywood, Charles A ^b   Findlay, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; Gabor; Human; Saccade; Search

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMAN REACTION TIME; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

GABOR PATCHES; MANUAL RESPONSE TASKS; VISUAL SENSITIVITY;

VISION;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037860977     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856803322467536     Document Type: Article

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