Contributions of form, motion and task to biological motion perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Thirkettle, Martin ^a   Benton, Christopher P ^a   Scott Samuel, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ARTIFACTS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 64549161080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.28     Document Type: Article

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