Combining Simultaneous With Temporal Masking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 977-988

  Hermens, Frouke ^a   Herzog, Michael H ^a   Francis, Gregory ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

backward masking; metacontrast; spatial grouping; temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049103073     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014252     Document Type: Article

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