Masking exposes multiple global form mechanisms

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Webb, Ben S ^a   Roach, Neil W ^a   Peirce, Jon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Global form; Orientation; Shape; Spiral pitch

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 48649084180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.9.16     Document Type: Article

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