Color and shape interactions in the recognition of natural scenes by human and monkey observers

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Liebe, Stefanie ^a   Fischer, Elvira ^a   Logothetis, Nikos K ^a   Rainer, Gregor ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Color vision; Natural scenes; Primate vision; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65849113067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.5.14     Document Type: Article

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