Spatial and temporal limits of motion perception across variations in speed, eccentricity, and low vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lappin, Joseph S ^a,c   Tadin, Duje ^b   Nyquist, Jeffrey B ^a   Corn, Anne L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Direction; Eccentricity; Low vision; Motion; Nystagmus; Peripheral vision; Speed; Surround suppression

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETINA FOVEA; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCELERATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 58849108481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.1.30     Document Type: Article

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