Temporal "bubbles" reveal key features for point-light biological motion perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Thurman, Steven M ^a   Grossman, Emily D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Bubbles; Motion perception; Reverse correlation; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 41349114410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.28     Document Type: Article

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