Saliency predicts change detection in pictures of natural scenes

Spatial Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-430

  Wright, Michael J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Change blindness; Natural scenes; Saliency

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RETRIEVAL;

ATTENTION; CHANGE BLINDNESS; NATURAL SCENES; SALIENCY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 24944535001     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568568054389633     Document Type: Article

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