Is motion extrapolation employed in multiple object tracking? Tracking as a low-level, non-predictive function

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-368

  Keane, Brian P ^a   Pylyshyn, Zenon W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correspondence problem; Displacement; Flash lag effect; Motion extrapolation; Multiple object tracking; Object persistence; Representational momentum; Visual memory for location; Visual prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646355926     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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