Effects of a Moving Distractor Object on Time-to-Contact Judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-623

  Oberfeld, Daniel ^a   Hecht, Heiko ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

contrast effect; task irrelevant object; time to arrival; TTC theory; visual motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449105172     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.3.605     Document Type: Article

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