Precision of speed discrimination and smooth pursuit eye movements

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 514-523

  Rasche, Christoph ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Latency; Motion perception; Oculometric function; Precision; Smooth pursuit eye movements; Speed discrimination; Speed perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MYOPIA; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61449142406     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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