Stimulus-driven mechanisms underlying visual search asymmetry revealed by classification image analyses

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Saiki, Jun ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification image; Nonlinear signal transduction; Visual search asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 43049105006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.4.30     Document Type: Article

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