When do we know which way is up? The time course of orientation perception

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-37

  Corbett, Jennifer E ^a   Handy, Todd C ^b   Enns, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Orientation perception; Rod and frame illusion; Tilt illusion; Time course

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049130384     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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