Factors affecting footsteps: Contrast can change the apparent speed, amplitude and direction of motion

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2171-2178

  Anstis, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Illusion; Luminance; Motion perception

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 2942615173     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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