Dissociable effects of attention and crowding on orientation averaging

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Dakin, Steven C ^a   Bex, Peter J ^a,b   Cass, John R ^a,c   Watt, Roger J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Context; Crowding; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ATTENTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 70449730552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.11.1     Document Type: Article

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