Dynamics of snakes and ladders

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  May, Keith A ^a,b   Hess, Robert F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contour integration; Ladders; Snakes; Speed; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34848836470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.12.13     Document Type: Article

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