Two eyes: sqrt(2) better than one?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Simpson, William A ^a   Manahilov, Velitchko ^b   Shahani, Uma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular summation; Signal detection theory; Stereo vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349280229     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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