Temporal properties of the polarity advantage effect in crowding

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chakravarthi, Ramakrishna ^a   Cavanagh, Patrick ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Crowding; Lateral masking; Polarity advantage; Temporal properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947724606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.2.11     Document Type: Article

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