Acceleration carries the local inversion effect in biological motion perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Dorita H F ^a   Troje, Nikolaus F ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Biological motion; Direction discrimination; Inversion effect; Local motion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63649094010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.1.19     Document Type: Article

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