Mechanisms of recognition of the outlines of "vanishing" optotypes

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-65

  Koskin, S A ^a   Boiko, E V ^a   Sobolev, A F ^a   Shelepin, Yu E ^b  

^a S M KIROV MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^b PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

"Disappearing" figures; Outline; Recognition; Threshold; Upper limiting frequency; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845701778     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-007-0150-0     Document Type: Article

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