Attention changes perceived size of moving visual patterns

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Anton Erxleben, Katharina ^a   Henrich, Christian ^b   Treue, Stefan ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appearance; Attention; Illusion; Psychophysics; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548288445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.11.5     Document Type: Article

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