Contextual effects in speed perception may occur at an early stage of processing

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-201

  Baker, Daniel H ^a   Graf, Erich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Plaid; Speed perception; Surround suppression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 72749119635     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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