Considerations in video playback design: Using optic flow analysis to examine motion characteristics of live and computer-generated animation sequences

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-463

  Woo, Kevin L ^a   Rieucau, Guillaume ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer generated animations; Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus); Motion characteristics; Optic flow analysis; Video playback

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LIZARD; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; LIZARD; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; TAIL FLICK TEST; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 43149091881     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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