Critical band masking in optic flow

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 261-284

  Bex, Peter J ^a   Dakin, Steven C ^a   Mareschal, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving; Masking; Motion; Natural images; Optic flow

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 30344459114     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: 13616536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09548980500289973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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