Sensitivity and configuration-specificity of orientation-defined texture processing in infants and adults

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-348

  Pei, Francesca ^a   Pettet, Mark W ^b   Norcia, Anthony M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Orientation; Texture; Visual cortex; Visual Evoked Potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33846184670     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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