Biological motion perception is cue-invariant

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Aaen Stockdale, Craig ^a   Thompson, Benjamin ^a   Hess, Robert F ^a   Troje, Nikolaus F ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Cue invariance; Motion; Second oder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASSOCIATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CUES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WALKING;

EID: 44949150027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.8.6     Document Type: Article

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