Discriminating depth in corrugated stereo surfaces: Facilitation by a pedestal is explained by removal of uncertainty

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2321-2328

  Georgeson, Mark A ^a   Yates, Timothy A ^a   Schofield, Andrew J ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; Disparity modulation; Facilitation; Signal detection theory; Stereopsis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 51649123141     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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