Global stimulus configuration modulates crowding

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Saarela, Toni P ^a   Sayim, Bilge ^a   Westheimer, Gerald ^b   Herzog, Michael H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Detection discrimination; Perceptual organization; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749134681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.2.5     Document Type: Article

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