The apparent and effective dimensionality of representations of objects

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 738-747

  Spence, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; INFORMATION DISPLAYS; PSYCOPHYSICAL RELATION; STATISTICAL GRAPHS;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROCESSING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13144255707     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.4.738.56809     Document Type: Article

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