Motion extrapolation into the blind spot: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1087-1091

  Maus, Gerrit W ^a   Nijhawan, Romi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57349177064     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02205.x     Document Type: Article

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