Effects of Temporal Integration on the Shape of Visual Backward Masking Functions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1116-1128

  Francis, Gregory ^a,b   Cho, Yang Seok ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

backward masking; integration masking; interruption masking; metacontrast; visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ATTENTION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54949140692     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.5.1116     Document Type: Article

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