On the nature of the stimulus information necessary for estimating mean size of visual arrays

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Joo, Sung Jun ^a   Shin, Kilho ^b   Chong, Sang Chul ^b,e   Blake, Randolph ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Binocular rivalry; Mean size judgment; Statistical processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BINOCULAR VISION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONOCULAR VISION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68949208588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.9.7     Document Type: Article

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