Powerful motion illusion caused by temporal asymmetries in ON and OFF visual pathways

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3928-3932

  Del Viva, Maria Michela ^a,b   Gori, Monica ^b   Burr, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MACACA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33744909103     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01335.2005     Document Type: Article

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