The role of temporal structure in human vision

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-42

  Blake, Randolph ^a   Lee, Sang Hun ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Common fate; Figure ground segmentation; Synchrony; Temporal integration; Temporal resolution; Temporal structure; Visual grouping

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL STRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

EID: 25144480803     PISSN: 15345823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534582305276839     Document Type: Review

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