Knowledge alters visual contrast sensitivity

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-462

  de la Rosa, Stephan ^a   Gordon, Michael ^a   Schneider, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549087611     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.3.451     Document Type: Article

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