Modulatory effects of binocular disparity and aging upon the perception of speed

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Norman, J Farley ^a   Burton, Cory L ^a   Best, Leah A ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Binocular disparity; Speed perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TEMPORAL LOBE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISPARITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549127110     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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