Crowding between first- and second-order letter stimuli in formal foveal and peripheral vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Chung, Susana T L ^a   Li, Roger W ^b   Levi, Dennis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; First order; Letter identification; Peripheral vision; Second order

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33947143533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.2.10     Document Type: Article

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