Effects of ISI and flash duration on the identification of briefly flashed stimuli

Spatial Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 259-273

  Rucci, Michele ^a   Beck, Jacob ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Bloch's law; Fixational eye movements; ISI; Microsaccade; Rapid categorization

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NEUROLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BACKWARD MASKING; BLOCH'S LAW; FIXATIONAL EYE MOVEMENTS; INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL (ISI); MICROSACCADE; RAPID CATEGORIZATION;

VISION;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TIME; VISION;

HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17044386250     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568568053320585     Document Type: Review

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