Rapid detection of salient regions: Evidence from apparent motion

Journal of Vision

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 690-701

  Stanley, Damian A ^a   Rubin, Nava ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent motion; Illusory contours; Perceptual completion; Salient regions; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744528097     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/5.9.4     Document Type: Article

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