Symmetry versus repetition in cyclopean vision: A microgenetic analysis

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2956-2967

  Treder, Matthias S ^a   van der Helm, Peter A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Objectness; Perceptual organization; Repetition; Stereopsis; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BINOCULAR VISION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONOCULAR VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 34848834252     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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