Motion processing at low light levels: Differential effects on the perception of specific motion types

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Billino, Jutta ^a   Bremmer, Frank ^b   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Coherent motion; Cone vision; Light level; Motion detection; Radial flow; Rod vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 40949153788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.14     Document Type: Article

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