Extrafoveal viewing reveals the nature of second-order human vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Vakrou, Chara ^a   Whitaker, David ^a   McGraw, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical magnification; First order; Human; Peripheral vision; Second order; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 37349107938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.14.13     Document Type: Article

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